Compromised integrity: Medical professionals failed to uphold ethics and freedoms during Covid

The covid pandemic exposed the ease with which democratic societies can abandon ethical principles and human rights under collective fear, with a response driven more by authoritarian impulses than science. The medical profession failed to

Freedom Research news round-up

Germany’s new government office deals with “conspiracy thinking”; Antarctic ice growing, not shrinking; NASA eliminates climate science advisor’s position, DEIA office; Russia is developing surveillance state and German spy agency says covi

Musk, DOGE violated Constitution, judge says. And, when egg prices might drop

Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top stories Elon Musk and the Department of Gove

Radio Free Europe CEO expects 'pretty drastic actions' following federal budget slash

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President Stephen Capus speaks about the status of Alsu Kurmasheva, a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist who was temporarily detained in Russia, during a forum at the National Press Club on May 3, 202

DR Congo: Rwanda-Backed M23 Target Journalists, Activists

(Nairobi) – The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and the allied Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) have threatened, detained, and attacked journalists, critics, and civil society activists since capturing Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo