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Analysis by Esteban Campanela and Sol Amaya, CNNE (CNN) — At least five journalists were killed in Mexico last year, dozens have been arbitrarily arrested in Cuba and Venezuela, and others forced to flee Nicaragua due to harassment. These are just the tip of the iceberg of the challenges faced by many media workers in

Opinion by Ganesh Sitaraman and William J. McGee (CNN) — Over the last several months, America’s largest domestic airlines have made a number of changes to their rewards programs, which enable members to reach different tiers of “status” that come with increasing levels of benefits. Delta recently made it harder to gain status — and withdrew benefits for

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. When ABC News staffers phoned into the network’s daily editorial meeting on Thursday, they quickly took note of the absence of their ostensible boss,

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. Dining out these days might seem like a luxury

Analysis by Brian Lowry, CNN (CNN) — The teeth-gnashing aspects of “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace” have been chewed upon for a quarter century, from Watto to Anakin Skywalker’s Midi-chlorian count (and miracle birth) to almost everyone’s favorite punching bag, Jar Jar Binks. Yet as the movie that kicked off George Lucas’ prequel trilogy hits

Opinion by Scott Jennings (CNN) — The 2024 presidential election offers voters an unusual experience — not only is it a referendum on the incumbent, Americans will also be faced with the choice between two chief executives they know well: the current Oval Office occupant and his immediate predecessor. And in comparison polling thus far, something fascinating

Analysis by Juliana Liu and Himari Semans, CNN Hong Kong/Tokyo (CNN) — From food to travel, it’s hard to find an aspect of life in Japan that hasn’t been affected by its sinking currency. The yen has been on the skids for years and hit its weakest level since 1990 against the US dollar earlier

Opinion by Jon Williams (CNN) — In a shaded wood outside Bayeux in Northern France, a series of white memorial stones record the names of more than 2,000 journalists who paid the ultimate price while reporting on assignment since 1944. Among them are fathers and mothers, husbands and wives, daughters and sons as well as friends who

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden can ill afford a long, hot summer of protest that comes to a boil in time for the Democratic National Convention in August and then bleeds into the final weeks of an already venomous clash with Donald Trump. After days of college campus demonstrations —

Analysis by Becky Anderson, Mostafa Salem and Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Saudi Arabia and the United States are finalizing the details of a landmark deal to strengthen bilateral trade and defense – but an agreement will not be reached if the kingdom and Israel do not establish diplomatic relations, US officials said. A defense

Opinion by Norman Eisen (CNN) — When a lawyer who is presenting a case at trial bumps into a colleague outside of court, a common question is, “How’s the case coming in?” This query reflects that planning a trial is one thing — but how well the evidence, especially testimony given by the witnesses, actually “comes

Opinion by Peniel E. Joseph (CNN) — For nearly a decade, I have been honored to be a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin. As a scholar whose research and teaching hinge on histories of racism and activism, this April was an exceptionally harsh one for me — and for all of Longhorn Nation. A month

Opinion by Robert Alexander (CNN) — The plot to overturn the results of the 2020 election by calling on fake electors to cast ballots for former President Donald Trump – with the goal of having his vice president, Mike Pence, interfere with the legitimate counting and certification of electoral votes on January 6, 2021 – is

Analysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has shown remarkable consistency over many years on a key issue of American politics: He does not have faith in election results. He questions the results when he has won. He refuses to concede when he has lost. Now he’s reserving judgment on

Opinion by Brigid Schulte (CNN) — New “right to disconnect” efforts in California and around the globe, to give workers the prerogative to ignore work messages after hours, are aimed at reducing the stress and burnout of our always-on and hyperconnected modern work culture. But will they? In an environment that has become increasingly demanding, technology

Analysis by Krystal Hur, CNN New York (CNN) — A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the newsletter by clicking the same link. It’s “sell in May and go away” season. Not

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN New York (CNN) — Editor’s Note: A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. Sign up for the daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape here. ABC News President Kim Godwin is skating on thinner and thinner ice. Debra OConnell, the well-liked and respected media veteran who was tapped by Burbank

Opinion by Hussein Ibish (CNN) — An eerie relative calm has descended on the Middle East — Gaza obviously excluded — since a highly alarming exchange of missile, rocket and drone attacks by Israel and Iran in recent weeks. Fears of an imminent regional war have subsided, with both sides suggesting that, for now at any rate, they believe they have restored deterrence strategically

CNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump used his day off from a criminal trial related to a past election to cast a dark, familiar shadow over the next one. The presumptive GOP nominee declined to say if he’d accept the result of his White House race with President Joe Biden in

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump used his day off from a criminal trial related to a past election to cast a dark, familiar shadow over the next one. The presumptive GOP nominee declined to say if he’d accept the result of his White House race with President Joe Biden in November,