When the free press is attacked, democracy itself is attacked. #1A

We joined 1,000+ organizations in calling for an immediate halt to all funding for ICE and Border Patrol. Congress has both the responsibility and the power to stop funding these deadly operations until the violence, abuses, and deaths end — and there is real accountability for the harm caused.

Since June 2022, our China Dissent Monitor has documented 307 cases of “threatening to jump” (威胁跳楼) as a form of dissent, in which protesters typically stand or sit near the edge of a roof or other high location to draw attention to a perceived injustice. Read more: freedomhouse.org/report/china...

“There’s very little evidence of any dissent or daylight between the board and Musk on any issue,” said Stephen Diamond, a corporate governance expert at Santa Clara University. “You just have to wonder whether that’s really a rational way to run the company.”

If Congress fails to extend ACA healthcare tax credits, insurance premiums could rise by 75% on average. That’s not reform — it’s a #HealthcareHeist. Affordable care is a right, not a privilege. #ACAOpenEnrollment #HealthJustice #mBOLDenChange

Research shows that economies are more resilient where governments protect rights and liberties and uphold the rule of law. Read more from Freedom House President Gerardo Berthin: freedomhouse.org/article/when...

When people can’t afford food, the costs don’t disappear — they just get shifted onto hospitals, schools, local economies, and lost potential. SNAP isn’t wasteful. The cost of not providing food assistance is.

UPS worker in Richmond dies after ‘several packages’ tumble down www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti... Very sad. This is brutally hard labor, too often forgotten. Hope @teamsters.bsky.social paying attention.

In the same decade they were celebrated for giving their wealth away, billionaires accumulated more wealth than ever. #GivingPledge #PhilanthropyParadox 🔗 LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/pulse/giving... 📖 Substack: mboldenchange.substack.com/p/the-philan...

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I’m old enough to remember when the state owning the means of production was called communism.

Cash is a basic need in our modern economy. Providing a basic income isn't an experiment in generosity, it's the work of any society that calls itself just. 🔗 mboldenchange.substack.com

Today's Spotlight🔆on Freedom: 🪧 What can we learn from protests in China? 📣 NEW: Calling for the release of Saudi human rights defender Mohammed al-Bejadi ✉️ A letter to the Egyptian ambassador to the US More: bit.ly/418UMaB Subscribe: bit.ly/Subscribe_FHnewsletter

🚨BREAKING: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) called for a special election to authorize state redistricting, making good on his threat to redraw maps in response to a Republican redistricting scheme in Texas that could add five GOP seats in Congress. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Really sad news from #Myanmar. We've lost another bright, young leader, someone we should have empowered and elevated, not ignored and allowed an oppressive regime to murder. The world was a better place when she was still in it. www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/gues...

🟧 NEW TNR WATCH: Iran is escalating its campaign of #transnationalrepression against Iranian journalists operating from exile in the UK. This month’s analysis focuses on the plight of exiled Iranian journalists and the need for international solidarity: freedomhouse.org/article/tnr-...

Trump's immigration raids are about economic and social repression. They target vulnerable workers and communities, not the exploitative employers who profit from them. We're breaking down the lies and charting a path forward rooted in dignity, equity, and truth. 🔗 mboldenchange.substack.com

Equal protection. Due process. Birthright citizenship. This is the promise of the 14th Amendment. Still unrealized. This Independence Day, let's recommit to making the promise a lived reality for all. #14thAmendment #EqualProtection #IndependenceDay

Anti-censorship and end-to-end encryption technology empower people to express themselves online, strengthen national security, and fuel the digital economy.  Yet governments around the world are increasingly targeting these tools.  Here's how ⬇️  freedomhouse.org/report/speci...

Baby Bonds Were Meant to Close the Wealth Gap. 'Trump Accounts’ Are a Reverse Robin Hood. open.substack.com/pub/mboldenc...

What happens when stakeholders along the #supplychain join forces to eliminate gender-based violence? Find out how investigations by WorkerRights & empowering women #workers led to an advocacy success in #Indonesia in my feature for @‪triplepundit.bsky.social‬.

#Juneteenth is a story of why the struggle for freedom is never in vain—how that, in a democracy, there are always opportunities to right the wrongs of past injustice. Today serves as needed inspiration for what democracy can achieve, even in the face of daunting challenges.

The ethics, promise & peril of AI, by my friend @minhtngo.bsky.social mboldenchange.substack.com/p/what-does-...

We stand in solidarity with immigrant and labor communities fighting to protect the rule of law, due process, and the human rights of all those being criminalized for exercising their Constitutional freedoms, surveilled for organizing, and targeted for deportation with little or no due process.

An LAPD helicopter claimed to have ID'ed protesters from above and threatened to "come to your house." The threat was greeted with extreme concern by civil liberties and digital privacy groups. It suggests the LAPD could be using facial recognition to identify and retaliate against protesters.

Trump's military parade is estimated to cost $25–$45 million. That same amount could fund: 🍎 SNAP benefits for 18k people 🧒 Medicaid for over 14k children 🎖 Disability compensation for 7k+ veterans 🥪 14M school lunches Where we spend reflects what we value. It isn’t scarcity. This. Is. A. Choice.

I'm old enough to remember when Republicans were all about states' rights.

Amazing. Respect the lede.

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Disinformation is reshaping public opinion, policy & culture in real time. AI, social media algorithms are accelerating the spread of false narratives and making it harder to get the truth out, build trust & advance justice. We need to treat media literacy like the civic survival skill that it is.

"Yes, robots can do some things better than humans — none more so than spread disinformation." Let that sink in.

🩺 Medicaid is more than healthcare; it’s economic and social equity. States that expanded Medicaid saved 27,400 lives between 2010 and 2022. These aren’t just numbers — they represent family members and neighbors who are worth fighting for.

We are concerned by the recent detention of at least 8 current & former Kloop staff members in Kyrgyzstan. Although some were released after being interrogated, three journalists remain in detention without access to lawyers. We urge Kyrgyz authorities to respect press freedom & the rule of law.

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As a labor movement with a long history of being targeted by the government for repression in response to peaceful protest, we once again affirm our commitment to due process and the rule of law. aflcio.org/press/releas...

Not seeing anything on NYT or Washington Post about Trump’s utterly scammy $25 billion (on paper) memecoin windfall The traditional media is so ill-equipped to cover the broken modern world

A relevant message from James Baldwin for these times: "I never have been in despair about the world. I’ve been enraged by it. I don’t think I’m in despair. I can’t afford despair. I can’t tell my nephew, my niece. You can’t tell the children there’s no hope."