by Dan Kennedy, Northeastern University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Washington Post’s evisceration at the hands of its billionaire owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos,…
by Charles Edward Gehrke, US Naval War College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In the first weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, a…
by Konstantin Zhukov, Indiana University; Institute for Humane Studies, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home on Jan….
by Kathy Kiely, University of Missouri-Columbia and Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky, University of Florida, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In December 2025, President Donald Trump filed…
by Amy Kristin Sanders, Penn State, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Throughout modern American history, reporters who cover the Pentagon have played an invaluable role…
by Sage Meredith Goodwin, Purdue University and Oscar Winberg, University of Turku, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] “Is there any way we can screw him?”…
by Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] President Donald Trump is again attacking the American press – this time…
by Julie Walsh, Wellesley College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Between 1400 and 1780, an estimated 100,000 people, mostly women, were prosecuted for witchcraft in…
by Corey Hutchins, Colorado College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Over the years, the crisis facing local news has meant the disappearance of reporting on…
by Stephanie A. (Sam) Martin, Boise State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Champions of the almost entirely party-line vote in the U.S. Senate to…