Today, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announced the recipients of the 2025 Freedom of the Press Awards, hosted this year by Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent and the former anchor ...

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 ...

Discover how the First Amendment safeguards speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition freedoms in the U.S. Explore its significance and key Supreme Court cases.

In addition to guaranteeing freedom of speech and religion, the First Amendment prohibits government action "abridging freedom... of the press." As President Ronald Reagan declared, "There is no more ...

A host of press freedom and civil rights organizations are warning the Department of Homeland Security that federal officers “may have violated the First Amendment rights” of journalists covering ...

This year, the U.S. received its lowest ranking since Reporters Without Borders launched a global press rights index in 2002.

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 ...

Coloradans fought for press freedom and freedom of information in 2025 in settings as small as the Eastern Plains town of ...

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Explore Tamil Nadu's pivotal role in the first Constitutional amendment, shaping freedom of press and expression in India.

GREAT BARRINGTON — With free speech under attack across the country, Nicki Wilson spotlighted it at the Triplex Cinema. And who better to discuss it than acclaimed First Amendment lawyer Floyd Abrams?

Iowa has long stood at the intersection of First Amendment battles. In 1938, Des Moines Public Library Director Forrest Spaulding penned the words that would become the Library Bill of Rights. In 1969 ...