First Amendment in flux: When free speech protections came up against the Red Scare

The congressional anti-communist hearings of the 1940s are a reminder that freedom of speech today is even more fragile than ...
The Indianapolis Star

Opinion: US diplomacy’s valuable role promoting press freedom threatened

World Press Freedom Day, observed on May 3, honors this UN universal human right. Printed in this newspaper's Opinion pages is “The First Amendment” spelling out the basic freedoms enshrined in the ...
Concord Monitor

Your right to know: What the First Amendment really says about freedom of the press

This story is part of Know Your News — a Granite State News Collaborative and NENPA Press Freedom Committee initiative on why the First Amendment, press freedom and local news matter. The U.S. and New ...

Can a street preacher get too loud? A case in this town is testing the First Amendment

A Georgia street preacher has protested outside abortion clinics since 2016. But he was recently cited for amplfying his ...
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Catahoula police jury member arrested after ‘First Amendment Audit’ video goes viral

CATAHOULA PARISH, La. (KNOE) - A Catahoula Parish Police Jury member has been arrested following the release of a viral “First Amendment Audit” video that circulated widely on YouTube and social media ...
Poynter

Most Americans can’t name their First Amendment rights. A new course wants to change that.

Americans can now take over a dozen free, online courses hosted by Arizona State University to learn more about their First Amendment rights, thanks to a new partnership between two nonprofits. The ...

Test your Constitutional knowledge: When can free exercise of religion be limited under the First Amendment?

How far does freedom of religion really go? This quiz tests what the First Amendment protects and what crosses the legal line.