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

PERSPECTIVE: How the Supreme Court could rule on key religious rights questions this term

Mar 24, 2022

The First Amendment’s protection of freedom of religion exists in tension with itself. Government must permit free exercise of religion but cannot endorse specific religious practice, which would ...

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PERSPECTIVE: Free speech and press need freedom of information

Mar 17, 2022

It’s Sunshine Week, an annual celebration of open government. Freedom Forum First Amendment specialist Kevin Goldberg explains why freedom of information laws enhance our First Amendment rights to ...

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New C-SPAN/Pierrepont Survey: Public Attitudes About the U.S. Supreme Court

Mar 15, 2022

One Week from Ketanji Brown Jackson Confirmation Hearing: New Poll Shows Strong Public Awareness of Court’s Relevance Plus: Awareness of Live Oral Argument Audio is Aiding Court ...

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PERSPECTIVE: HOW the Supreme Court could rule on key free speech questions this term

Mar 10, 2022

Beyond the words we say, free speech can also include expressions like signs and flags. So how much can cities regulate signs? Whose expression is it when flags fly at city hall? The Supreme Court is currently ...

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5 things to know about Gen Z and the First Amendment

Mar 3, 2022

Young people exercise their First Amendment rights in new ways in every generation. Today’s youth, Gen Z, have a few things in common with older generations. In other ways, they stand out in the ...

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PERSPECTIVE: Why arguments for regulating social media fail the First Amendment test

Feb 24, 2022

Some users who are frustrated with social media moderation – too much or too little – are asking the government to step in. Freedom Forum First Amendment specialist Kevin Goldberg explains ...

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Power shift training improves newsroom culture – and coverage

Feb 17, 2022

Remaking newsrooms from the inside out can tackle two problems at once. News leaders who have participated in the Power Shift Project’s Workplace Integrity program report that adopting the curriculum ...

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PERSPECTIVE: Unpacking cancel culture ⁠— censorship, civil right or something else?

Feb 10, 2022

There’s no shortage of passionate opinions about cancel culture, but there isn’t agreement on what the phenomenon is either, says Freedom Forum Fellow Lata Nott, unpacking how cancel culture ...

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PERSPECTIVE: What if the nation’s founders had been able to tweet?

Feb 3, 2022

If they’d had access to platforms like Twitter, would the Founding Fathers have tweeted their views? Would they have been banned from social media or imprisoned for their posts? Gene Policinski, ...

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