The crisis Raw Story warned about is here. We must fill the void

This morning, The Washington Post ceased to exist as the paper of record we once knew.

In a move that can only be described as a gutting of a national institution, more than 300 journalists were shown the door. The sports section is gone. The books section is gone. The international bureaus—the eyes and ears that brought us news from the world’s most dangerous conflict zones—have been shuttered. The local news coverage has been decimated.

This is what happens when we entrust the guardianship of our democracy to billionaires.