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Dear Friend of Press Freedom:“If I hadn’t had it, I’d be dead right now.” That’s how one journalist described the protective gear that kept her alive while covering a protest. So why are authorities trying to take it away? Plus: Our latest fights against the government secrecy and media mergers that are harming the public’s right to know. PPE protects the public’s right to knowReporters covering protests in the United States have been shot with crowd-control munitions, sprayed with tear gas, ...