John,

We’re $20,000 short of our $60,000 September goal with just 10 days to close the gap. 

If you already understand the importance of ensuring that independent media survives Trump and corporate America’s assault on free speech, please contribute anything you can before midnight.

Chip in

Trump’s war doesn’t look like Orwell’s 1984 — it looks like corporations like Disney, Paramount, and Amazon softening critics and kneecapping their own coverage to protect billion-dollar deals and keep MAGA happy.

The pattern is clear: corporations care more about profits than truth and democracy. And if it continues, America will be left with a media ecosystem MAGA-fied from top to bottom, including legacy media we’ve depended on for decades to tell truth to power. 

The only way to fight back is to make sure fearless, grassroots-funded journalism survives. That’s what COURIER does — and we depend entirely on readers like you.

Right now, we’re at $40,000 of our $60,000 goal and we need your help.

Chip in $25 nowEvery donation powers independent journalism in battleground communities where local news is disappearing and truth is under siege.

If you believe in a free press that can’t be bought or silenced, this is the moment. Please stand with COURIER before September’s deadline.

— The COURIER Team

P.S. We’re just $20,000 short. Don’t let Trump and MAGA billionaires define the media landscape — chip in now to keep independent journalism strong.