Freedom of Association: The Lesser-Known First Amendment Right

Movements get protection behind the scenes of their marches, too.

9 Women Who Used the First Amendment to Shape History

These women embraced their First Amendment freedoms to champion causes they cared…

Student Press Freedom Day Trivia

To celebrate Student Press Freedom Day, we put your First Amendment knowledge…

Watch: What Interfaith Families Can Teach Us About the First Amendment

Dialogue lessons for some 100 million Americans in interfaith families.

Violence in Media: How (and Why) Graphic Images Make the News

How, and why, news outlets decide to air graphic footage.

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Why I’m a Future Journalist

How Free Spirit Sana Muneer plans to change the world through journalism.

Seven Pioneering Journalists Who Championed Civil Rights

Discover 7 civil rights journalists who helped break barriers.

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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Sacred Spaces Threatened: 3 Times Places of Worship Faced Barriers

The First Amendment often protects houses of worship – but not always.
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Does ChatGPT Have the Right to Free Speech?

We asked the AI chatbot about the First Amendment.
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Five Times LGBTQ Activism Relied on First Amendment Freedoms to Create Change

How LGBTQ activists have used religion, speech, press, assembly and petition
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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.
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49% of Americans can identify religion as a First Amendment freedom.

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