Signals of Survival

Ham Radio keeps showing up for history

Jan 26 • Steve Herman

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Potemkin Airwaves

The Hollow Resurrection of U.S. International Broadcasting

Jan 15 • Steve Herman

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December 2025

It's Fontastic

Character limits and serif-inflicted wounds

Dec 14, 2025 • Steve Herman

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From Silence to Redemption

The Trump administration has gutted U.S. international broadcasting. We need a blueprint for how to build it back better under a future administration.

Dec 7, 2025 • Steve Herman

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November 2025

When the President Hates the Press — and Has the Espionage Act

From license-stripping threats to sedition talk, Trump’s media crusade isn’t just bluster — it fits a troubling American pattern

Nov 21, 2025 • Steve Herman

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Deconstructing Dick Cheney

The former US Vice President who was one for the history books

Nov 4, 2025 • Steve Herman

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October 2025

The FCC was designed to be independent. Now the driver is one Carr.

Commissioner Anna Gomez tells a Mississippi audience that political control of communications threatens the free press — and America’s democratic…

Oct 4, 2025 • Steve Herman

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A Free Speech about Free Speech

Despite government shutdown, FCC commissioner still coming to the Ole Miss campus

Oct 1, 2025 • Steve Herman

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September 2025

Power, Politics and the Public Airwaves

The long arc from William Randolph Hearst to today’s FCC tells a story about media and politics

Sep 27, 2025 • Steve Herman

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A Salute to the Pacific Stars & Stripes

The presses keeps rolling after 80 years for a mission to inform

Sep 13, 2025 • Steve Herman

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August 2025

Jordan Center Statement on Bluesky Cutting Off Mississippi

An important social media platform is blocking access in the state of Mississippi following enactment of a new state law mandating age-verification for…

Aug 25, 2025 • Steve Herman

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#SaveVOA plaintiffs react to today’s federal court hearing.

A federal judge grants VOA plaintiffs request to depose Kari Lake and other USAGM officials, expressing that Ms. Lake is “on the verge” of being in…

Aug 25, 2025 • Steve Herman

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