Inside the First Amendment
“To bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance”
In a series of letters written in 1790, George Washington reassured Quakers, Catholics, Baptists and Jews that they would be safe under a government committed to religious freedom.
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You Think Bombs Will Deter, Discourage and Destroy Freedom? Think Again.
If you think this latest round of attacks, as dangerous and sad and reprehensible as it is, will quiet a free people, guess again.
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We Should Protest Proposed Restrictions on White House Protests
The National Park Service has proposed new regulations and is considering new fees that thousands fear will dissuade most demonstrators from protesting at the White House.
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The Whereabouts of Missing Journalist Jamal Khashoggi Should Concern Us All
Where is Jamal Khashoggi? In the name of press freedom and what it means to us as citizens of the United States, we not only expect an answer, we demand it.
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Corrections Should Be Seen As Good Things, Not Weapons For Critics
To err is human — but, it would seem, corrections are not seen by many as divine.
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Can social media be “fixed”?
Executives from Twitter, Facebook and Google testified before Congress. Again.
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Can Brennan make a First Amendment case? Yes, to ‘us’
Our freedom of speech is most protected when we chose to speak out on matters of public concern.
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‘Enemies of the people?’ Simply, plainly — ‘no.’
Most journalists put their personal preferences aside in doing their job, looking for a good story regardless of political implications.
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Printing Guns: Looking at All the Dimensions
Are 3-D printer designs protected by the First Amendment?
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Trump’s Heightened Attacks on the Media are an Affront to the First Amendment
Yesterday, David Kaye, UN special rapporteur and IACHR special rapporteur, Edison Lanza, issued a joint statement.
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