Presidential records are the public’s property. The Justice Department wants to change that and revert to a time when presidents could do what they wanted with their papers, including burning them.
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Kraftwerk helped invent modern electronic music. What happens to their legacy when a co-founder’s studio is broken up and sold off?
These sites of national significance hold surprising treasures no less wondrous than the big-name destinations, potentially right around the corner from your home.
Several groups are working to preserve webpages, tools and data – some of which have already gone missing from government webpages since the start of the Trump administration.
Because public access TV was relatively unregulated, shows could talk about sexual health and air racier segments that would have otherwise been censored on broadcast networks.
The majority of Americans support TV coverage of former President Donald Trump’s trial on charges he attempted to overturn the 2020 election.
The public has until 2031 to document all existing rights of way through the countryside.
The US has an overclassification problem, which includes classifying documents about Santa Claus.
Seven years after the #fundtrove campaign, the National Library’s Trove is once again under threat – and it’s part of a broader neglect of Australia’s cultural institutions.
The recent efforts of countryside access campaigners evoke the Kinder mass trespass of 90 years earlier.
One more casualty of the coronavirus pandemic: open government. Since the crisis began, local, state and federal officials throughout the United States have locked down information from the public.
As you walk about a city are you in public or private space? The line is often blurred.
Government produces millions of pages of records every day: studies, reports, memos, emails, budgets and more. These reports belong to the public, but increasingly, lawmakers are trying to hide them.
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Director of the Brechner Freedom of Information Project, College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Communication, University of Oregon
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Landscape History, Oxford Brookes University
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Professor, Southern Cross University
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies, Kenyon College
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Lecturer in Law, Lancaster University
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Canada 150 Research Chair in Gender and Cultural Informatics, University of Alberta
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Librarian for Energy and Environment, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Associate Professor of Geography, University of Guelph
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Professor of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Management, Clemson University
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PhD Candidate, School of Design, RMIT University
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Postdoctoral Fellow—Indigenous and Colonial Histories, University of Tasmania
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College