WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 [Category: Sociological] -- The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee issued the following news release: * * * ADC Welcomes Gina Aranki to Board of Directors as Organization Expands Legal Mission * September 21, 2026 media@adc.org Washington, D.C. | The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) announced the appointment of Gina Aranki, a veteran nonprofit executive with decades of experience in organizational leadership, development, and public service, to its Board of Directors. Aranki joins ADC at a p more PR

NEW YORK, Sept. 21 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news: * * * Another Journalist in Mali Sentenced to Prison * A national cybercrime court in Mali on September 14 sentenced a prominent journalist, Abdramane Keita, to two years in prison on bogus charges, in the military government's latest attack on media freedom. Security forces arrested Keita, director of the newspaper Le Temoin (The Witness), on June 9 in Bamako, Mali's capital, days after he commented on a television program that the Al-Qaeda-linke more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Endorses #DroptheGenocide20 Call to Exclude Biden Officials Responsible for Gaza Genocide from Positions of Power September 21, 2026 The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced that it is endorsing the Drop the Genocide 20 declaration, a call by human rights groups for former Biden administration officials who helped enable Israel's genocide  more PR

MADISON, New Jersey, Sept. 21 -- Drew University posted the following news: * * * Drew University Announces Full 2026-27 Drew Forum Series * #Opens Tuesday, September 29, with Mike Breen and Walt "Clyde" Frazier September 2026 - Drew University has announced the full four-event 2026-27 Drew Forum season at Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC). As previously announced, the series will kick off with New York Knicks broadcasters Mike Breen and Walt "Clyde" Frazier on Tuesday, September 29, at 7:30 pm. The event will be moderated by ESPN and MS more PR

ATCHISON, Kansas, Sept. 21 -- Benedictine College issued the following news: * * * Fellin Lecture Returns to the Fall with Focus on Wartime Ukraine * The annual Mary L. Fellin Lecture is returning to its usual fall timeframe, coming to Benedictine College with a special presentation on Sunday, October 4, at 7:00 p.m. in O'Malley-McAllister Auditorium on the Atchison, Kansas, campus. The Fellin Endowment Fund sponsors the lecture series, presented each year by the Sisters of Mount St. Scholastica Monastery to support the liberal arts orienta more PR

PARIS, France, Sept. 21 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Fiji: A growing institutionalised Chinese media presence * From Fiji to the Solomon Islands, China is expanding its influence over the media in Pacific island states. Through partnerships, training programmes, all-expenses-paid trips, content sharing and editorial pressure, Beijing is pursuing an increasingly structured strategy to promote its narratives and reduce the space for critical voices. In March 2024, the Chinese Embassy in Fiji more PR

ALLENDALE, Michigan, Sept. 22 -- Grand Valley State University issued the following news: * * * GVSU Expert: A Q&A on what disease outbreaks reveal about public health By Brian Vernellis Sep 21, 2026 Ronke Olawale is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work. Her interdisciplinary research explores the consequences of the 2013-2015 Ebola outbreak in the everyday life of Kissi communities in urban Montserrado and rural Lofa counties of Liberia. A multiple award-winning journalist and Nieman Fellow, Olawale focused her 17-year care more PR

PARIS, France, Sept. 21 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * How Beijing preys on the Chinese diaspora to shape opinion in the USA * In May 2026, Eileen Wang, the former mayor of Arcadia, a city in the state of California, pleaded guilty to acting as an undeclared agent of the Chinese regime. US prosecutors said Wang posted pro-Beijing content on a news website targeting Southern California's Chinese community. The case is emblematic of Beijing's broader influence strategy of exploiting trusted com more PR

PARIS, France, Sept. 21 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Nigeria: "Nobody, even leading political elites, wants to offend the Chinese" * Emeka Umejei is a Nigerian-born media scholar and senior research associate at the University of Johannesburg, who spent over a decade as a journalist. He authored "China in African Media: Between Influence Operations and Decolonization," published in March 2026, which is based on interviews with journalists across 14 African countries. He sat down with RSF to more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * PREPARED REMARKS: Sanders Ahead of UN General Assembly: "Oligarchy is ascending and democracy is in retreat... Working together, that must change." September 21, 2026 NEW YORK, Sept. 21 -- On the eve of the United Nations General Assembly, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) delivered a major foreign policy address today at the historic Riverside Church in New York City -- where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his Beyond Vietnam speech and where Ne more PR

FREDONIA, New York, Sept. 22 -- The State University of New York Fredonia campus issued the following news: * * * Fredonia Democracy Project program tackles press and deception September 21, 2026 What happens when a news story is dismissed as false but turns out to be true? That question will be explored when the American Democracy Project at SUNY Fredonia hosts a program with writer and presidential historian Jeff Schober on Friday, Oct. 2, from 11 to 11:50 a.m. in Williams Center Room S204-ABC. Schober, a retired English and journalism  more PR

PARIS, France, Sept. 21 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * The Propaganda Monitor: RSF exposes China's global campaign to distort journalism worldwide * Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has released a new report detailing the Chinese regime's efforts to impose its propaganda across the information space worldwide. Since 2013, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has sought to promote a "new world media order" in which facts are suppressed in favour of propaganda and anyone reporting truths that displease his more PR

LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 21 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: * * * Two Charged with Terrorism Following Threats to Elected Officials, Supreme Court Justices * LANSING -Two Michigan Residents, Alicia Choucair, 33, of Roseville, and Anthony Dekinderen, 61 of Lake Orion, were arraigned last week for allegedly making threats against elected officials, announced Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel. Choucair was arraigned on September 17th in the 19th District Court in Dearborn and Dekinderen in the 52 more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The White House issued the following news: * * * White House Access Is a Privilege - Not a Right September 21, 2026 Last week, President Donald J. Trump removed CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House grounds after years of false reporting. The First Amendment protects their right to publish; it does not entitle them to a hard pass, briefing room seat, or place in the press pool. Access changes are nothing new. What is new, however, is the sudden claim that it becomes sacred only when the outlets are friendly more PR

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 21 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Student Press Law Center posted the following news: * * * Why the White House press ban hurts us all * When the White House punishes journalists for coverage it doesn't like, it does more than raise First Amendment concerns. It also creates a chilling effect that reaches far beyond Washington, D.C., including into student newsrooms. On Sept. 18, President Donald Trump announced that he was banning CNN, MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) and Politico from the White House, citing coverage he ch more PR