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President Trump Attacks News Agencies Through Legal Means

by Jacob Scott | Mar 16, 2026 | Salem State University

In October 2025, Donald Trump refiled a defamation lawsuit against the New York Times after a district judge dismissed it for being too long, giving the administration 28 days to trim it down (from 85 pages to 40 pages). In the lawsuit, President Trump claims that the...

Media Repression in Mexico: Why Mexico is the Deadliest Country to be a Journalist

by Bela Perez | Nov 22, 2023 | University of Memphis

Media repression threatens the civil liberties of the public and journalists. Freedom of the press is an important right that should be protected for anyone seeking a career in journalism. The right to accessible information about the government and their policies is...

Censorship in Nicaragua – A Massacre of Media

by Rachel Neil | Nov 28, 2022 | Boston University

Nicaragua’s government is a regime of accelerating oppression, injustice, and terror. Through Daniel Ortega’s 15 year regime, elections have become increasingly unfair, civil unrest has grown, and oppositions have been silenced more than ever. Evidently, Nicaragua is...

Invasion to Failed State: Iraq’s Democratic Mirage

by Dylan Page | Mar 7, 2022 | Ohio State University

On March 20th, 2003, President George W. Bush announced that United States forces would begin military exercises within Iraq. Among the coalition partners, it was clear the United States and NATO allies were going to remove the Hussein regime from power. No matter why...

Targeted by All Sides and Caught in the Crossfire, Journalism Has Become Yemen’s “Death Career”

by Sarah Hoffman | Mar 4, 2022 | Ohio State University

This month, the International Federation of Journalists along with the Yemeni Journalists’ Syndicate have launched a campaign to draw international attention to the arrest and detainment of four journalists in Yemen. Almost seven years ago, four journalists (Abdul...
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