WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis posted the following news: * * * Behind the Lines: Russia Makes Ukrainians Foreigners in Their Own Country The Russian president signed a decree requiring citizens who do not have "legal grounds to stay on the territory of the Russian Federation" -- including illegally seized parts of Ukraine -- to either voluntarily leave by September 10 or "settle their legal status in the Russian Federation." Moscow has spent years pressuring   more

ST. CATHERINES, Ontario, May 15 -- Brock University issued the following news: * * * Research project empowering youth to revolutionize accessible media By Cathy Majtenyi As a journalist and storyteller, Chelsea Jones focused on reporting the challenges and joys experienced by people living with a disability. But as her career progressed, she says she became more interested in telling stories about how "disabled cultural creators are telling their own complex and multi-layered stories." T  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on May 14, 2025: * * * The Bulwark: Birth of The Bulwark The Bulwark: Profiting from Never Trump Media (full series) By Ken Braun Summary: The Bulwark was founded in 2019 and since then has become the main media rampart of the Never Trump movement. Bulwark was born from the ashes of the Weekly Standard, once the main media rampart of the neoconservative movement. The Bulwark and the Weekly Standard share a com  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on May 14, 2025: * * * The Bulwark: From Nonprofit to Profits The Bulwark: Profiting from Never Trump Media (full series) By Ken Braun From Nonprofit to Profits The DDT Institute tax filing for 2019, really the first year DDT Institute received serious money, lists total revenue of $3 million and expenditures of $1.6 million, nearly all of which appears to have been spent developing The Bulwark. Almost $1.2   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on May 14, 2025: * * * The Bulwark: Making a Business of Trump Derangement The Bulwark: Profiting from Never Trump Media (full series) By Ken Braun According to its mission statement: "The Bulwark was founded to provide analysis and reporting in defense of America's liberal democracy. That's it. That's the mission" (emphasis omitted). But in practice, according to the New York profile, "the Never-Trump ethos   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on May 14, 2025: * * * The Bulwark: Take Away Trump The Bulwark: Profiting from Never Trump Media (full series) By Ken Braun Take Away Trump and You Take Their God Real people who walk among us are supposedly paying $100 annually for access to this sort of thing. Most of the people who produce professional content regarding public policy or politics don't have an audience that will endure these wild speculati  more

LONDON, England, May 16 -- PEN International issued the following news: * * * China: Joint Statement from Civil Society Groups on the Chinese Government's Arbitrary Detention of Journalist Zhang Zhan Written by Ross Holder 14 May 2025: We, the undersigned press freedom and human rights organisations, strongly condemn the Chinese government's ongoing arbitrary detention of journalist, human rights defender and former lawyer Zhang Zhan, on the 5th anniversary of her arrest. Zhang is an outsp  more

VIENNA, Austria, May 16 -- The International Press Institute issued the following news on May 14, 2025: * * * France: Call to end police violence after new attacks on journalists at May Day protest The International Press Institute (IPI) today joins Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in condemning state security forces' deliberate violence against journalists covering the International Workers' Day protest in Paris on 1 May, including physical vio  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Jamestown Foundation posted the following commentary on May 14, 2025, to the Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * Moscow Pressures Soldiers to Stay Enlisted to Sustain War Economy By Ksenia Kirillova Executive Summary: * The Russian economy is stagnating as a result of the Kremlin's war against Ukraine, making signing a contract with the Ministry of Defense one of the only ways to make money. * Between March and April, the number of Russians willing to join the military a  more

CALLAGHAN, Australia, May 15 -- The University of Newcastle issued the following news: * * * Newly-refurbished University of Newcastle building opens at Callaghan Campus in honour of Alumnus Dr. Vic Levi Today marked a significant milestone at the University of Newcastle with the official opening and renaming ceremony of 'The Vic Levi Building', formerly known as the Health and Physical Education Building, at Callaghan Campus. Dr. Victor (Vic) Levi, who passed away in August 2024, had an est  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- Here are awards announced by colleges, public policy organizations and government agencies - May 16, 2025: * * * American Bar Association: Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section Excellence in the Advancement of Animal Law Award Delcianna Winders, associate professor of law and director of the Animal Law and Policy Institute at Vermont Law and Graduate School, received the American Bar Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section's Excellence in the Advancemen  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch, Jayapal to Host Viewing of No Other Land at the U.S. Capitol WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) will host a panel discussion and special Capitol Hill viewing of the Academy Award winning documentary film, " No Other Land " for Members of Congress, congressional staff, civil society leaders, and members of the press. The panel of experts  more