Negin Owliaei

Senior Producer, The Take at Al Jazeera English

Journalist at Freelance

editor-in-chief @truthout. past lives @ajepodcasts @ajenglish. any pronouns.

Articles

A call to media organizations: don’t back down in the face of Trump’s threats

Jan 22, 2025 | therealnews.com | Ziggy West Jeffery |Maya Schenwar |Negin Owliaei

This story originally appeared in Truthout on Jan. 20, 2025. It is shared here with permission. As Donald Trump is inaugurated a second time, independent media organizations are faced with urgent mandates: Tell the truth more loudly than ever before. Do that work even as our standard modes of distribution (such as social media platforms) are being manipulated and curtailed by forces of fascist repression and ruthless capitalism.
Media Organizations Must Fight Trump's Agenda In His Second Term

Jan 21, 2025 | progressivehub.net | Maya Schenwar |Negin Owliaei |Ziggy West Jeffery

By By Maya Schenwar, Negin Owliaei, and Ziggy West Jeffery, TruthoutDonald Trump is inaugurated a second time, independent media organizations are faced with urgent mandates: Tell the truth more loudly than ever before. Do that work even as our standard modes of distribution (such as social media platforms) are being manipulated and curtailed by forces of fascist repression and ruthless capitalism.
Here’s How Truthout Is Preparing for Trump’s Day One

Dec 31, 2024 | truthout.org | Negin Owliaei

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The Right Has a 150-Page Battle Plan to Shut Down Progressive Civil Society

Nov 28, 2024 | znetwork.org | Negin Owliaei |Maya Schenwar

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, after a campaign in which Trump threatened the press, the left and “the enemy within,” 204 Republicans and 15 Democrats in the House of Representatives decided to hand a gift to his incoming administration — one that could be used to squash any kind of dissent.
The Right Has a 150-Page Battle Plan to Shut Down Progressive Civil Society

Nov 27, 2024 | truthout.org | Negin Owliaei |Maya Schenwar

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election, after a campaign in which Trump threatened the press, the left and “the enemy within,” 204 Republicans and 15 Democrats in the House of Representatives decided to hand a gift to his incoming administration — one that could be used to squash any kind of dissent.
Movement media must continue to fight for Palestinian liberation and against censorship

Oct 8, 2024 | therealnews.com | Lara Witt |Negin Owliaei

This story originally appeared in Prism and Truthout on Oct. 7, 2024 as part of the Movement Media Alliance’s Media Against Apartheid & Displacement (MAAD). A bill currently making its way through Congress could kill independent media outlets like ours. HR 9495 is a bipartisan piece of legislation, ostensibly about allowing U.S. nationals wrongfully detained abroad to postpone their tax deadlines. The bill sounds relatively innocuous.
Movement Media Are Fighting for Palestinian Liberation and Against Censorship

Oct 8, 2024 | scheerpost.com | Negin Owliaei |Lara Witt

By Negin Owliaei & Lara Witt / TruthoutA bill currently making its way through Congress could kill independent media outlets like ours. HR 9495 is a bipartisan piece of legislation, ostensibly about allowing U.S. nationals wrongfully detained abroad to postpone their tax deadlines — it sounds relatively innocuous. But this bill also includes the text of another bill, one which made it through the House earlier this spring.
Movement media must continue to fight for Palestinian liberation

Oct 7, 2024 | prismreports.org | Lara Witt |Negin Owliaei |Lara WittEditor-in-Chief

A bill currently making its way through Congress could kill independent media outlets like ours. HR 9495 is a bipartisan piece of legislation, ostensibly about allowing U.S. nationals wrongfully detained abroad to postpone their tax deadlines. The bill sounds relatively innocuous.
Movement Media Are Fighting for Palestinian Liberation and Against Censorship

Oct 7, 2024 | truthout.org | Negin Owliaei |Lara Witt

Part of the SeriesStruggle and Solidarity: Writing Toward Palestinian LiberationA bill currently making its way through Congress could kill independent media outlets like ours. HR 9495 is a bipartisan piece of legislation, ostensibly about allowing U.S. nationals wrongfully detained abroad to postpone their tax deadlines — it sounds relatively innocuous. But this bill also includes the text of another bill, one which made it through the House earlier this spring.
palestine Archives - Prism

Dec 11, 2023 | prismreports.org | Roshni Ahmed |Fayth Tan |Negin Owliaei |Neha Madhira

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