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September 13, 2021

Hong Kong journalists tell ABC they ‘fear for their lives’ because of communist Chinese power grab

Hong Kong pro-democracy news service Apple Daily shut its doors on June 24, but the ripple effects from the Chinese Communist Party’s attack on the free press continue to reverberate. Seven former Apple Daily employees have been charged under the city’s National Security Law, or NSL, which bans what the government deems to be acts of secession, subversion, or terrorism. Continue Reading...

September 10, 2021

Freedom and Truth: Reflections on what we’ve learned from 9/11

It feels strange to type that it’s been 20 years since 9/11. What happened 20 years ago forced us all to reckon with the expansive scope and seemingly endless depth of evil. Continue Reading...

September 10, 2021

Hong Kong continues crackdown on freedom of assembly, arresting members of group behind Tiananmen Square commemoration

Several members of a Hong Kong group that organizes an annual vigil for the commemoration of the Tiananmen Square Massacre were arrested on Sept. 8 after they refused to provide information for a police investigation. Continue Reading...

September 09, 2021

Banning evictions poses harm for low-income renters

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Joe Biden’s recent renewal of the eviction mortarium as issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should come as no surprise. Continue Reading...

September 08, 2021

‘No other rights are safe’ Next Digital media company announces its closing

On Sept. 5, Next Digital, parent media company of the now-liquidated pro-democracy Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, announced it will begin taking steps to shut down amid pressure from the city’s National Security Law, or NSL. Continue Reading...

September 07, 2021

No, Tucker Carlson: The U.S. is not, will not, and never should be like Hungary

Last month, Tucker Carlson replaced Rod Dreher as the latest conservative to take a pilgrimage to Hungary. Carlson praised Hungarian President Viktor Orbán’s pro-family policies, stricter immigration policies, and resistance to progressive views on gender, saying: “If you care about Western civilization and democracy and families and the ferocious assault on all three of those things by the leaders of our global institutions, you should know what is happening here right now.” Continue Reading...

September 06, 2021

Fate of 8 Hong Kongers lies in hands of Chinese Communist Party after attempted speedboat escape to Taiwan

Eight Hong Kongers who were involved in a 2020 attempt to flee to Taiwan via speedboat appeared in high court on Sept. 2, facing charges of perverting the course of justice within the restrictions set by Hong Kong’s National Security Law, or NSL, according to Hong Kong Free Press. Continue Reading...

September 02, 2021

Bombs, guns, and drones cannot win a spiritual war (UPDATED)

“[A]t 12 O’clock … our country gained its full independence, praise and gratitude be to God.” Who said it? An American revolutionary on Sept. 3, 1783, at the signing of the Treaty of Paris, perhaps? Continue Reading...

August 25, 2021

Chinese Communist Party announces plans to increase film censorship in Hong Kong

Hong Kong officials announced Aug. 24 plans to amend a film censorship law to forbid screenings of films that qualify as a violation of national security. The proposed amendments are the latest crackdown in the Chinese Communist Party’s, or CCP’s, quest for absolute control, under the National Security Law, or NSL. Continue Reading...

August 24, 2021

Jimmy Lai: Mogul, pro-democracy activist, and Communist China’s biggest target in fight to suppress free speech

Lai Chee-Ying, also known as “Jimmy Lai,” is a successful Hong Kong entrepreneur, media mogul, and democratic activist who fled, young and penniless, to Hong Kong from mainland China. Lai eventually founded Apple Daily, one of the most well-read newspapers in Hong Kong. Continue Reading...

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