The murder of a journalist – a permanent resident …

The murder of a journalist – a permanent resident of the USA – and the threat of violence against them by governing entities, is a clear move away from the freedoms we treasure. We need to remind our political leaders that the press must remain free. For their part, we need to end this era of yellow journalism and unequal news coverage, and demonstrate to the public that they can trust, and believe, their journalists.

That Khashoggi and his fellows were selected as TIME’s Person of the Year, and his portrait graces the cover, is fitting.