Religious communities should be concerned when public officials, including those in the White House, use religious holidays like Christmas to stoke nationalist sentiments among their Twitter followers.
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Power Shift Project
An initiative promoting workplace integrity on behalf of women in the news industry
The project’s goal is to create workplaces free of harassment, discrimination and incivility, and full of opportunity, especially for those who have traditionally been denied it.
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Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference
Applications are now being accepted for the 2020 conference.
Fifty-one high school students from across the U.S. will arrive in Washington D.C. to explore the First Amendment and the watchdog role of a free press.
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Year of the Student Journalist
The Freedom Forum Institute and the Student Press Law Center highlight the important role of student journalists through high-profile national programming and local student-led events.
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What’s in your news?
Newstrition® is a free interactive tool that makes it easy for the public to make informed decisions about what is real and what is “junk” news.
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The State of the First Amendment
2019 Survey Finds Broader Awareness of First Amendment Freedoms, But 29% Think It Goes Too Far
Every year the First Amendment Center of the Freedom Forum Institute surveys American views on freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition, and collects sample opinions on contemporary First Amendment issues.
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First Amendment-related news, commentary and podcast from the First Amendment Center.
Baby Jesus Wasn’t a Patriotic American
What a Phrase: “Falsely Shouting ‘Fire’ in a Theatre”
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr produced one of the most-often quoted phrases from First Amendment jurisprudence that has transcended the Supreme Court reports into the normal cultural sphere, the “‘Fire’ in a theatre” language.
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’Tis the Season for Celebrating Freedom
Celebrate Bill of Rights Day on Dec. 15 by breaking the cycle of ignorance and misinformation that threatens our five fundamental freedoms.
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