At our last meeting, we talked a bit about how the lack of a local news outlet in Stockton, CA, might have lead to the rise of an alternative news platform, which played a part in Michael Tubbs losing his mayoral re-election bit. In that discussion, we briefly touched on the impact paywalls are likely having on people’s access to quality news and information. So this week we’re going to read Nathan J. Robinson’s take on the subject, published in the August 2020 issue of Current Affairs.