Newspaper archives are at risk around the United States: Often, noted the Columbia Journalism Review recently, they are lost when newspapers shutter, move to smaller offices, or are purchased. Photographs, more time-consuming to digitize than text, are particularly vulnerable, and copyright issues can make repurposing them complex. Some newspapers partner with universities to preserve their archives; others turn to libraries and historical societies. Many have no plan at all. When an archive is destroyed, "we're losing that individual community identity, that voice from this group of people at this point in time," said Ana Krahmer, an archivist at the University of North Texas.

  Expression is the action, Courage is contagious, Art matters This is the call for Fall for Freedom—a weekend of positive protest organized by prominent artists and organizations including open-source initiatives assembled by a collective of artists including Dread Scott, Lynn Nottage, Jenny Polak, Laura Raicovich, and Cassils. Key theater organizations like the Public Theater and Broadway Advocacy Coalition have also joined, along w...