US colleges and universities have a responsibility to protect freedom of speech on campuses to preserve intellectual ...

The Brennan Center fights to protect the rights to free speech and freedom of the press. The rights to free speech, protest, ...

Iowa has long stood at the intersection of First Amendment battles. In 1938, Des Moines Public Library Director Forrest Spaulding penned the words that would become the Library Bill of Rights. In 1969 ...

For more on the bodycam video, read John Sharp’s report: Bodycam shows arrest of woman wearing penis costume at protest.

The congressional anti-communist hearings of the 1940s are a reminder that freedom of speech today is even more fragile than ...

When COVID began, we started hiking as a group every week. During these hikes, we found ourselves weighing and debating all kinds of issues. One that has worried us from the beginning of the current ...

An organization fired up about protecting American liberties on college campuses received the Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award, typically given to freedom of speech defendants, Thursday ...

The further limits on how trustees interact with the media raised eyebrows among First Amendment experts, who said the new bylaws raise “serious constitutional concerns” and potentially restrict the ...

Among our nation's "firsts" were the introduction of the separation of church and state and George Washington's proclamation ...