Discover how the First Amendment safeguards speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition freedoms in the U.S. Explore its significance and key Supreme Court cases.

The First Amendment says that "Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech." But one prominent conservative ...

In the face of repeated attacks on press freedom, RCFP stepped up time and again to defend journalists and the public’s right ...

Within weeks of retaking the White House, President Donald Trump boasted that he had “brought free speech back to America.” ...

This story is part of Know Your News — a Granite State News Collaborative and NENPA Press Freedom Committee initiative on why the First Amendment, press freedom and local news matter. The U.S. and New ...

Today, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press announced the recipients of the 2025 Freedom of the Press Awards, hosted this year by Judy Woodruff, senior correspondent and the former anchor ...

A host of press freedom and civil rights organizations are warning the Department of Homeland Security that federal officers “may have violated the First Amendment rights” of journalists covering ...

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects freedom of speech and freedom of the press. A free press is often seen as a hallmark of a healthy democracy. At its best, it informs citizens on ...

Freedom of the press is one of the fundamental canons of democracy. It is based on the irrefutable right to collect information, circulate it and submit it to analysis. In the United States, this ...

The article is here; the Introduction: From the earliest days of our nation, there was a shared sense that freedom of the press was an essential precondition for life in a newly liberated country.

This review is part of a preview of the winter 2026 issue of Academe. The issue will be released in full in February.

The University of Alabama said its decision to shutter two student-led magazines was based on a Trump administration memo on antidiscrimination laws.