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Perspective: Faith on the Field – Athletes Exercise Religious Freedom
Standing up, kneeling down or sitting out for what you believe isn’t always easy. Athletes whose talent has thrust them into the public spotlight can face an extra level of scrutiny when they express their religious beliefs.
First Five Express: Celebrating Spring’s Religious Holidays and the First Amendment
This video column expresses the views of Benjamin P. Marcus, fellow for religious freedom, Freedom Forum. Watch First Five Express In a religiously diverse country, how do we make people of all religions and none feel like equal members of our community?
First Amendment Tablet Finds New Home in Philadelphia
The First Amendment tablet that overlooked America’s Main Street in Washington, D.C., for the past 13 years is headed to a new home in Philadelphia, the birthplace of our democracy.
Memo to Police: Journalists Have a Duty to Observe, Report – Even Amid Chaos
This column expresses the views of Gene Policinski, senior fellow for the First Amendment, Freedom Forum. A “watchdog” press can hardly report to the rest of us if it’s not able to watch — or gets arrested and carted off to jail while doing so.
You Can’t Have Democracy Without a Free Press
This column expresses the views of Gene Policinski, senior fellow for the First Amendment, Freedom Forum. There’s a reason we need a free press, despite its faults and foibles: Democracy won’t work without it.
Faith and Belief Accommodation at Work: More Than the Right Thing to Do
This column expresses the views of Paul Lambert, Freedom Forum fellow for religious freedom. Dallas-based Texas Instruments (TI) offers its 30,000 employees career and support groups for Christians, Muslims and Jews, time-off flexibility around religious holidays and serenity rooms for prayers or worship.
Student Press Freedom Day: Empower Journalists to Do Their Jobs
This column expresses the views of Gene Policinski, senior fellow for the First Amendment, Freedom Forum. Student journalists should be able to count on the First Amendment as much as their professional counterparts — and not just because their work provides information along with a good learning experience.
Ferlinghetti: A Free Speech Hero of the Beat Generation
This column expresses the views of Gene Policinski, senior fellow for the First Amendment, Freedom Forum. There may be no two personalities more distant and yet more prominent in their own ways in the 20th century world of free speech than conservative talk radio’s Rush Limbaugh and the owner of San Francisco’s famed City Lights […]
Pastors, Politics and Power: The Struggle for Equality for Black Americans
This column expresses the views of David Callaway of the Georgia Rights, Responsibility, Respect Project. Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, overcame Georgia’s long history of racial prejudice and a traditionally Republican electorate to become the state’s first Black U.S. senator.