The Brennan Center fights to protect the rights to free speech and freedom of the press. The rights to free speech, protest, ...
This story is part of Know Your News — a Granite State News Collaborative and NENPA Press Freedom Committee initiative on why the First Amendment, press freedom and local news matter. The U.S. and New ...
After the Constitution was ratified in June of 1788, George Washington and James Madison urged the members of Congress to ...
Today, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announced the recipients of the 2025 Freedom of the Press Awards, hosted this year by Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent and the former anchor ...
What does Freedom of Speech mean in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? What does “free expression” mean? Is any censorship legal? If a book is removed from a library or class, does that ...
The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press. A free press is often seen as a hallmark of a healthy democracy. At its best, it informs citizens on ...
As the United States faces increasing incidents of book banning and threats of governmental intervention – as seen in the ...
Freedom of the press is one of the fundamental canons of democracy. It is based on the irrefutable right to collect information, circulate it and submit it to analysis. In the United States, this ...
A host of press freedom and civil rights organizations are warning the Department of Homeland Security that federal officers “may have violated the First Amendment rights” of journalists covering ...
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday about a subpoena served on a faith-based nonprofit in New Jersey that runs “crisis pregnancy centers,” an appeal that has put both civil rights advocates ...