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How Tricia McLaughlin defends Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda.
Five years into supporting outlets that serve communities of color, the cofounder of URL Media talks about the relationship between capitalism and democracy and how nonprofit publishers can operate from a position of power.
“Until we have solid language here, we’re not going to feel safe about the integrity of our jobs—or the language our readers read.”
In just a few years, a publisher based in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, has become the country’s fourth-largest newspaper operator. Some reporters wonder if it isn’t the cruelest.