<em>The Atlantic </em>Daily: Value in the Movement
Why the freedom of the press is your individual right. Plus ongoing violence in Afghanistan, rising seas in Tuvalu, and more.
What We’re Following
Freedom of the Press: Donald Trump’s attacks on the media don’t only affect professional journalists, write The Atlantic’s editors; rather, they’re attacks on the individual rights of all Americans. That’s because “the press is neither the enemy of the people nor its ally, but rather its possession.” Read the editorial.
Ongoing clashes between the Taliban and Afghan and for peace in Afghanistan. Elsewhere, a series of so-called death notices, which list the names of activists killed by Bashar al-Assad’s regime, newly released by the Syrian government serve as —and may be intended as a final warning to would-be rebels that Assad won’t be held accountable.
