WASHINGTON, July 7 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary: * * * A Conversation with Investigative Journalist Tim Schwab (Part 1 of 2) * The author of a book on Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation talks to Michael E. Hartmann about the reaction to his book, the degree to which the foundation is representative of establishment philanthropy in America, the recent announcement that the foundation will increase its spend-out rate, and what happened t  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary: * * * A Conversation with Investigative Journalist Tim Schwab (Part 2 of 2) * The author of a book on Bill Gates and the Gates Foundation talks to Michael E. Hartmann about Melinda French Gates' grantmaking, as well as potential aggressive policy reforms of philanthropy and whether they could ever be cooperatively pursued by those of different worldviews. Tim Schwab is an investigative   more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 7 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * EP TODAY * Monday, 7 July Last-minute press briefing at 16:30 The Parliament's Spokesperson and the Press Service will hold a press briefing on this week's plenary session at 16:30. You can follow the last-minute briefing live. Journalists wishing to take part and ask questions should please connect via Interactio. Motion of censure on the Commission Following the tabling of a motion of ce  more

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 6 -- The European Parliament posted the following news release: * * * EP TODAY * Monday, 7 July Last-minute press briefing at 16:30 The Parliament's Spokesperson and the Press Service will hold a press briefing on this week's plenary session at 16:30. You can follow the last-minute briefing live. Journalists wishing to take part and ask questions should please connect via Interactio. Motion of censure on the Commission Following the tabling of a motion of ce  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 7 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Institute for Justice posted the following news release: * * * Texas Independent Journalist to Start Trial to Hold Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office Accountable for Retaliatory Arrest * ARLINGTON, Va. --Tomorrow, Justin Pulliam, an independent journalist in Texas, will go to trial to hold Fort Bend County and its sheriff's officers accountable for violating his constitutional rights--including his First Amendment rights to film police   more

LONDON, England, July 7 [Category: Sociological] -- Article 19, an organization that says it propels the freedom of expression movement, posted the following news: * * * UN: Human Rights Council adopts strong resolution on safety of journalists * ARTICLE 19 expresses support for a new strong resolution on the safety of journalists adopted by consensus at the UN Human Rights Council on 7 July 2025. The resolution was led by Austria together with a core group consisting of Brazil, France, Gree  more

LAWRENCE, Kansas, July 8 -- The University of Kansas issued the following news: * * * Author spotlights 'Algorithmic Age of Personality' in African literature While previously extolling the way social media empowers Nigerians' response to their corrupt political leaders, scholar James Yeku now decries the way it supercharges cancel culture, shutting down debate on important social and literary topics. The author of two poetry collections and an associate professor of African & African-Americ  more