Protect Election Workers

by | Aug 25, 2022 | Elections, Public Service, Violence

Ryan Williamson at LegBranch.org: The Homeland Security Committee recently held a hearing on current and ongoing threats to elections. Much of the discussion centered on threats of violence against election workers, and there was considerable agreement from the...

Danger in Mexico

by | Aug 24, 2022 | Journalism, Journalists, Mexico

AP: A journalist who ran an online local news program was shot to death Monday in southern Mexico, making him the 15th media worker killed so far this year nationwide. Prosecutors in the southern state of Guerrero said Monday that Fredid Román was gunned down in the...

Depolarization

by | Aug 23, 2022 | Civility, Deliberation, Polarization

Daniel Stid: Many civil society groups are responding to our fraught times by building bridges between citizens and groups that see the world differently and enabling them to engage in constructive dialogue. Given all the factors accelerating tribalism, depolarization...

Journalism in Afghanistan

by | Aug 12, 2022 | Afghanistan, Journalism, Journalists

THIS BLOG WILL PAUSE BRIEFLY. POSTING WILL RESUME ON AUGUST 23. Ayaz Gul at VOA: A survey finds that Afghanistan has lost nearly 60 percent of its journalists, especially women reporters, and 40 percent of its national media outlets since the Taliban regained control...

Threats Against a Judge

by | Aug 11, 2022 | Judiciary, Public Service, Violence

Madeline Fixler at JTA: Bruce Reinhart, the federal judge in Florida who signed the warrant allowing the FBI to raid former president Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property on Tuesday, has been hit with a wave of antisemitic threats online. The outburst has appeared on...