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This content includes columns by directors and NNA member newspapers, Freedom Forum Institute's First Amendment columns/ editorials (available weekly) and more.

We cannot allow our First Amendment rights to become ‘wrongs’

Nov 12, 2020

Gene Policinski talks about the new law signed into effect in Tennessee that chills the rights to protest by making it a felony to camp overnight without a permit, and implementing stricter penalties and ...

On behalf of the First Amendment: ‘Dear Mr. President’

Nov 5, 2020

Gene Policinski talks about the election and how our First Amendment freedoms empower us to search for the best possible solutions for the greatest number of people, in the shortest amount of time. Noting ...

Is a Catholic-packed Supreme Court a threat to religious freedom?

Oct 30, 2020

David Callaway talks about the question of whether or not a Catholic-packed court is a threat to religious freedom is a different question than whether or not newly appointed Justice Barrett is a threat ...

US Court of Appeals upholds district court decision to open records from Maxwell case

Oct 30, 2020

Celebrity figure Ghislaine Maxwell lost an appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to enforce a seal on court records from her 2016 Florida testimony in a civil suit by Virginia ...

Do we live in a post-truth world?

Oct 22, 2020

Jessi Hollis McCarthy talks about the recent emergence of the term "fake news" and the importance of fact checking and critiques of the mainstream media. McCarthy lists some media literacy tips to get ...

Humor, satire: Making the political ‘cut,’ from our earliest days

Oct 15, 2020

As Election 2020 approaches, Gene Policinski talks about the great American tradition of humor and satire that has marked virtually every election and focuses us on facts that otherwise might be lost in ...

Trump and COVID-19: How ‘free’ are/should we be?

Oct 8, 2020

Gene Policinski talks about how the First Amendment provides protection for what we "could" say and report about President Trump's COVID-19 illness. The "-ish" questions revolve more around what we all ...

Say Her Name: Breonna Taylor discussion at the heart of national protests

Oct 1, 2020

Trey Daniel talks about how the recent announcement of a grand jury's decision to indict one of the three police officers involved in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor left many feeling outraged to ...