Seven Pioneering Journalists Who Championed Civil Rights

The First Amendment often protects houses of worship – but not always.

Sacred Spaces Threatened: 3 Times Places of Worship Faced Barriers

The First Amendment often protects houses of worship – but not always.

Does ChatGPT Have the Right to Free Speech?

We asked the AI chatbot about the First Amendment.
Rise Up Exhibit for LGBTQ activism

Five Times LGBTQ Activism Relied on First Amendment Freedoms to Create Change

How LGBTQ activists have used religion, speech, press, assembly and petition

Student Press Freedom Day and Why It Matters

Student Press Freedom Day is Feb. 23 this year, and we should care more than ever about celebrating it.

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March for Life: 50 Years of the First Amendment in Action

How people of all faiths and none have exercised their freedoms.

Court Gets to the Heart of the Matter in Same Sex Wedding Website Case

Likely solution could protect speech and anti-discrimination.

Courageous Conversations Help Spark Changes in Newsroom Culture

Work remains to be done five years after #MeToo
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Freedom Forum Welcomes Three New Members to Board of Trustees

New Freedom Forum board members bring expertise in education, advocacy and grassroots engagement.
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First Amendment Stories of 2022

These First Amendment stories offered opportunities to explore or exercise our freedoms.
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Watch: Inside One Faith Community’s Struggle for the Right to Worship

How the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro faced discrimination and secured the right to religious freedom.
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‘She Said’ and 24 More Movies About Journalism, From the Heroic to the Dark

Watch dramatized inside looks at the news media’s challenges, shortcomings and society-altering stories
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49% of Americans can identify religion as a First Amendment freedom.

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