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Op-Ed: When Power Speaks With Violence: The Governor’s Attack on the Press Is an Attack on the People

David Hamilton Jackson, a teacher, owner and editor of a newspaper, and a judge from St. Croix who fought for workers’ rights, is pictured in 1915 giving a speech in Denmark. The photo is another example of a primary source used by researchers to understand history. (Image from the Danish Royal Library)There are moments in public life when the words of a leader reveal not just poor judgment, but a dangerous disdain for the very foundations of democracy. Gov. Albert Bryan Jr.’s recent attack on the local press – specifically, our last remaining daily printed news outlet – was one such moment.

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