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This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Schools out for summer, schools out forever; people are spending more on independent journalism; and a new website hopes to be the Match.com of the seed-sharing scene.

This week on #GoodNewsNextWeek: Schools out for summer, schools out forever; people are spending more on independent journalism; and a new website hopes to be the Match.com of the seed-sharing scene.

President Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff Reince Priebus, center, attends a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 20, 2017. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
According to U.S. President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, the administration is still reviewing the country’s libel laws in a bid to prosecute journalists.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, waves to supporters in Istanbul, on Sunday, April 16, 2017. Erdogan declared victory in Sunday’s historic referendum that will grant sweeping powers to the presidency, hailing the result as a “historic decision.” (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)
TURKEY— In recent years, and in particular following the unsuccessful coup attempt against the Turkish government on July 15, 2016, power and authority in Turkey have increasingly become consolidated in the hands of one man: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Mnar Muhawesh (left), Rania Khalek (center), Abby Martin (right)
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A student group hosting an event at Oregon State University on Palestine, Syria, and Yemen, has received requests to disinvite two Arab journalists scheduled to speak. However, the student group immediately took a stand and refuses to cancel the event scheduled for April 11.

A journalist is silhouetted as he speaks to a cameraman beside a British military armored vehicle at a NATO summit in Newport, Wales. (AP/Matt Dunham)
MINNEAPOLIS– This past Tuesday saw the biggest shake-up in the tech world since Edward Snowden first revealed the full extent of the National Security Agency’s “dragnet” surveillance program nearly four years ago.

Law enforcement vehicles line a road leading to a blocked bridge next to the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the Dakota Access oil pipeline in Cannon Ball, N.D. (AP/David Goldman)
BISMARCK (REPORT) — At least five journalists have been charged with engaging in a riot while covering Dakota Access Pipeline protests, an offense that would carry a stiffer penalty under a proposal before the North Dakota Legislature.

As a unique media co-operative, Positive News is owned by both our readers and our journalists. Here, three of our writers – each also a shareholder – explain why they find working with us different
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