State of the First Amendment Commentary
Is Fear Making Us Better News Consumers?
Americans are no longer taking everything they see on the internet at face value — and that’s a good thing for our democracy.
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We Know More About the First Amendment — For the Wrong Reasons
When our freedoms are under attack, we pay attention and push back.
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Survey Shows that Americans are Becoming Savvier News Consumers
About 30% of Americans engage with the news every day of the week, and almost three out of four of all Americans do something to verify the news they receive, according to a new survey by the First Amendment Center of the Newseum Institute.
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State of the First Amendment — as others see it
There’s no doubt that a huge number of Americans are unable to name the five freedoms protected by the First Amendment — national survey results each year since 1997 sadly leave little doubt about that circumstance.
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State of the First Amendment 2015
In a dramatic reversal from last year, less than 20 percent of Americans now think the First Amendment goes too far in the rights it guarantees.
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The First Amendment and the power of ‘fear’
President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” In a world wracked by terrorism, that carries even more meaning today.
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New Thought on ‘the Flag’ – and a New Lyric Line for ‘Dixie’
A new survey shows that a majority of all Americans agree with banning the Confederate battle flag from license plates, public buildings and store shelves.
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After Gay Marriage, Can We Move from Battleground to Common Ground?
In recent years, religious freedom — or, more precisely, religious freedom claims — have been front and center in the battle over same-sex marriage.
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The new watchdogs: Muckraking in a digital era
The tenets of American journalism can be distilled down to a couple of basics: Reporters should report objectively and serve as a watchdog on people in power. But the public
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Poll Shows Disconnect Between Public Opinion and Supreme Court Over License Plates
Public opinion and the U.S. Supreme Court disagree when it comes to whether a state can deny a specialty license plate to a group that wishes to display the Confederate flag.
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