The manslaughter murder of the vibrant elder, 98 year old Kansas woman #journalist #JoanMeyer who’s Newspaper was RAIDED (perhaps bc, restaurant owner Kari Newel didn’t want the sordid truth out) has historical context in the 1836 murder of #antislavery journalist, the young #ElijahPLovejoy

Read #heatherCoxRichardson https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/august-12-2023?r=1j96e&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

for the historical perspective of attempts to silence the #fourthestate #freepress #democracy #journalism