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2 min read 2022-06-08 22:45:34

Hong Kong Is a 'Wake-Up Call for the World'

"For a very long time, we thought we could leave China alone, and China would leave the world alone," says Simon Lee, co-founder of

4 min read 2022-05-13 20:23:52

This week Dominic Cummings alleged that the government gave a ‘bung’ to its friends in the press, and that the Prime Minister negotiated deals

4 min read 2022-04-22 18:00:51

With the experience of World War I fresh in his mind, Randolph Bourne famously warned that "war is the health of the state." Under

4 min read 2022-04-20 18:00:43

It's one of the sad facts of life that journalists often do their best work in places that offer the least welcoming environments. When

1 min read 2022-04-07 01:28:24

In 2019, Jeff Kosseff published The Twenty-Six Words that Created the Internet, the definitive "biography" of the controversial law

2 min read 2022-04-05 22:05:28

Westerners, used to thinking about liberal democracy as a package deal, rarely stop to consider the ways in which the two components can work

7 min read 2022-03-11 03:10:41

Smartmatic USA (SUSA), a Florida-based voting technology company, had a very limited role in the 2020 general election: a single contract with

4 min read 2022-03-09 18:00:00

Last Friday, as Russian troops seized control of Europe’s nuclear power plant and Russian missiles rained down on civilian areas across Ukraine,

3 min read 2022-03-07 21:30:45

Russia's crackdown on information about its Ukraine invasion may prompt some rethinking of anti-encryption positions. Last Friday, Russia

3 min read 2022-03-02 20:00:28

Who we are when we encounter a story can have a lot to do with how we engage with that story and what meaning we take from it. Our age, personal

2 min read 2022-03-02 05:48:22

Washington, D.C., March 1, 2021 — Russian authorities should allow Echo of Moscow, Dozhd TV, and all other news outlets to work freely, and should

2 min read 2022-03-02 05:48:22

Washington, D.C., March 1, 2021 — Russian authorities should allow Echo of Moscow, Dozhd TV, and all other news outlets to work freely, and should

2 min read 2022-03-01 06:44:44

Washington, D.C., February 28, 2022 – Russian authorities must allow reporters to do their jobs covering the country’s invasion of Ukraine and

2 min read 2022-03-01 06:44:44

Washington, D.C., February 28, 2022 – Russian authorities must allow reporters to do their jobs covering the country’s invasion of Ukraine and

5 min read 2022-02-04 21:42:24

Defamation trial could have ramifications far beyond this specific case. Sarah Palin is suing The New York Times for alleged defamation. The