While working at one of our sister newspapers years ago, I was excited to be sent to Virginia on an American Press Institute fellowship. One of the best parts of my stay there was my introduction to ...

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is important to Americans, but only a fraction of them can fully explain why. That’s according to an annual survey by Freedom Forum which polled Americans ...

Florida is continuing to be on the frontlines of the ongoing debate over the First Amendment. Many of the issues center around public employees, children and social media. For instance, the state is ...

I met Pete Seeger personally while directing a documentary film about his environmental legacy. Yet, the First Amendment has not always been potent enough to protect the right to speak. The Cold War ...

The First Amendment protects citizens from government censorship, not from actions by private companies or individuals. Social media platforms like X and Facebook can legally remove posts or ban users ...

The United States attorney general is the nation’s chief law enforcement officer and legal counsel for the executive branch. One would think that anyone serving in that office would have at least a ...

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably ...