Meet Thomas Boeschoten, our new Senior Policy Advisor for Media and Tech

Journalist Carole Cadwalladr on the broligarchy: ‘Online platforms are more powerful than nation states’

Journalistieke Driedaagse 2026: ‘Journalism is playing chess on an old board, while others have long been playing on a new board according to new rules’

Introducing: Mieke de Vos is our new Head of Strategy and Organization

Writer and historian Ewoud Kieft: ‘The populist narrative of one people with one will of the people is a fairy tale’

Today marks the release of the book ‘Vrij, Onverveerd’ in honor of the 85th anniversary of Het Parool

Eightieth February 5th commemoration: ‘Democratic resistance is: recognizing allies in people with whom you passionately disagree’

SDM sponsors a cell in the Oranjehotel, where Parool staff were imprisoned during the Second World War

Reflection Sessions on the Democratic State under the Law: ‘What does an offensive, future-oriented, and appealing democracy look like?’

Letter to the informateur on behalf of the Dutch media sector

Media sector calls unanimously for new media policy: provision of information at risk

Political scientist Monika Sie: ‘Only with a shared identity can we be strong internationally’

Meeting on Improper Election Interference: ‘Preventing autocracy is our bottom-line interest’

Journalism reflection sessions: ‘How much of the frontline news in our flooded zone is truly valuable?’

85 years ago, the first Newsletter by Pieter ‘t Hoen was published, the predecessor of Het Parool

Lotfi El Hamidi: ‘The goal of becoming a diverse editorial office is by definition uncomfortable’

Marjan Slob: ‘Merely repeating isolated, unsubstantiated opinions is, democratically speaking, lazy and impoverished’

Ernestine Comvalius: ‘Shared reality: a term born out of despair, I suspect’