Eleanor Goldfield & Mickey Huff host this week’s program.First up, I sit down with investigative reporter Logan M. Davis to talk about his exclusive reporting on ICE hold rooms, these unofficial black sites that serve as torturous liminal spaces in the larger network of kidnappings, forced disappearances and deportations. Logan explains how these bus stops with cell doors are acquired, used and hidden from public view, that the cruelty and terror are the point, and how folks can organize in their local communities to stop them. 

Next up, my cohost Mickey Huff sits down with the Executive Director of Reporters Without Borders US Clayton Weimers to talk about the press freedom index and the US slipping position on it. Clayton outlines the myriad attacks on press freedom, and how these attacks are also necessarily attacks on democracy, and what we can do about it. 

Notes: 

Logan M. Davis is a progressive researcher, writer, and consultant based in Denver, Colorado, specializing in right-wing extremist movements. In his writing and public speaking, he has focused on Christian nationalism, information ecosystems, and dark money in politics. Logan has won awards for both investigative journalism and opinion writing. He is a proud member of Denver NewsGuild and co-founder of the Political Workers Guild of Colorado.

Clayton Weimers is the Executive Director of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) USA