Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

From London, I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

And in New York, I'm John Fassman.

Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Around 85% of the world's population lives in countries where press freedom has declined

over the past five years.

On World Press Freedom Day, we hear from some of those brave journalists persisting in the

face of threats from governments, oligarchs, trolls, and thugs.

And you probably know the name Oscar Schindler, whose list spared the lives of more than

a thousand Jews during the Second World War.

Our obituary's editor reflects on the story of Mimi Reinhardt, the secretary who typed

out Schindler's list.

The first.

Barricades went up around the Supreme Court building in Washington last night.

They were erected after Politico, a news outlet, published a leaked draft opinion over turning

Roe vs Wade, a 50-year-old Supreme Court ruling that forbids states from outlong abortion.

The opinion was written by Samuel Alito, one of the court's most conservative justices,

whom George W. Bush appointed in 2005.

Soon afterward, near midnight, pro-choice and anti-abortion protesters gathered outside

the court.

Abortion has long-riven American politics.

Donald Trump campaigned on nominating justices who would overturn Roe.

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