There is no better current example of what the First Amendment really means – and how it works – than the real-time proof provided by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion […]
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Perspective: Free speech and press need freedom of information
“The right to speak and the right to print, without the right to know, are pretty empty.”
Perspective: How the Supreme Court could rule on key free speech questions this term
Freedom Forum First Amendment specialist Kevin Goldberg breaks down why two key free speech cases before the Supreme Court this term matter to you — and predicts how the court […]
5 things to know about Gen Z and the First Amendment
In every generation, young people exercise their First Amendment freedoms in new ways to pursue a brighter future. As Gen Z grows, they are firming up their knowledge and understanding […]
Perspective: Why arguments for regulating social media fail the First Amendment test
Should Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and other social media platforms be able to ban users, including former presidents and members of Congress? Should they be required to remove disputed, misleading or […]
Power Shift Training Improves Newsroom Culture – and Coverage
Newsrooms and classrooms that develop cultures designed to promote civility and opportunity for all and to end harassment are discovering a powerful benefit: Their journalism is better, too.
Perspective: Unpacking cancel culture: Is it censorship, civil right or something else?
There’s no shortage of passionate opinions about cancel culture.
Perspective: What if the nation’s founders had been able to tweet?
The nation’s founders didn’t have access to today’s social media – but what if they had?
Perspective: Reclaiming religious freedom from today’s culture wars
Thanks to America’s culture wars, “religious freedom” has become a term so toxic, divisive and confusing as to be almost unusable in public discourse.
Perspective: Divided court considers religious exemptions to vaccine mandates
Even as the United States grapples with a succession of COVID-19 variants, vaccination mandates face more legal challenges.
