First Amendment

Steve Bullock Office

A Governor Renews Net-Neutrality Protections With the Stroke of a Pen A Governor Renews Net-Neutrality Protections With the Stroke of a Pen

Montana’s Steve Bullock comes up with simple step states can take to preserve Internet freedoms.

Jan 24, 2018 / John Nichols

Donald Trump

The Committee to Protect Journalists Just Gave Donald Trump an Award The Committee to Protect Journalists Just Gave Donald Trump an Award

In the contest to undermine press freedoms, he’s maybe the best ever.

Jan 11, 2018 / John Nichols

Kenneth Marcus

Students Beware: This Trump Nominee Doesn’t Believe in Your Civil Rights Students Beware: This Trump Nominee Doesn’t Believe in Your Civil Rights

Kenneth Marcus has a history of opposing affirmative action and attacking the First Amendment rights of Israel critics.

Jan 10, 2018 / StudentNation / Dima Khalidi

Senator Claire McCaskill

The Fight to Save Net Neutrality Is Moving to the Senate The Fight to Save Net Neutrality Is Moving to the Senate

As more than 40 senators back a bipartisan move to overturn the FCC’s assault on the Internet, activists chart a difficult but possible path to victory.

Jan 9, 2018 / John Nichols

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High-School Student Activists Have More Rights Than You Might Think High-School Student Activists Have More Rights Than You Might Think

Public school teachers and administrators across the country think they have more power than they actually do—and students need to know.

Oct 6, 2017 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

Hefner with his girlfriends

Feminism, Not Hugh Hefner, Liberated Sex Feminism, Not Hugh Hefner, Liberated Sex

“Can man be free if woman be a slave?” the poet Shelley asked. Hefner’s answer was: Absolutely!

Oct 5, 2017 / Column / Katha Pollitt

berkeley rally against hate

Why Berkeley’s Battle Against White Supremacy Is Not About Free Speech Why Berkeley’s Battle Against White Supremacy Is Not About Free Speech

The alt-right’s First Amendment narratives just give cover to campaigns of intimidation.

Sep 8, 2017 / Meleiza Figueroa and David Palumbo-Liu

Coulter Trump speech

The Messy Business of Free Speech The Messy Business of Free Speech

What’s missing from Floyd Abrams’s book The Soul of the First Amendment.

Sep 5, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Gara LaMarche

Right to BDS

Nearly 50 Senators Want to Make It a Felony to Boycott Israel Nearly 50 Senators Want to Make It a Felony to Boycott Israel

The goal is to frighten people from engaging in the completely legal act of living out their values.

Aug 4, 2017 / Aniqa Raihan

Ellison in DC, June 2015

Keith Ellison Just Beat Back a Right-Wing Assault on Religious Freedom Keith Ellison Just Beat Back a Right-Wing Assault on Religious Freedom

The congressman objected to a proposal that would have unjustly targeted Muslims.

Jul 14, 2017 / John Nichols

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