■ A federal judge in Boston questioned whether non-citizens have the same free-speech protections as U.S. citizens.
■ President Donald Trump’s attack on a fundraising platform for Democratic candidates violates the First Amendment, an Amherst College professor explained in The Hill.
■ The Trump administration's hostility towards journalists is getting tougher and louder, the Associated Press reported.
No game. A civil lawsuit filed in Florida could determine whether AI chatbots share the same free-speech rights that people do.
■ The president has targeted Mexican drug cartels but now he’s also after the musicians who sing about them.
No game. A civil lawsuit filed in Florida could determine whether AI chatbots share the same free-speech rights that people do.
■ The president has targeted Mexican drug cartels but now he’s also after the musicians who sing about them.
■ A Michigan school’s insistence that a third-grade student remove a hat adorned with the image of an AR-15 rifle and the message, “Come and take it,” did not violate any free-speech rights.
■ The elimination of public-records staff at health agencies has threatened access to government data under the Freedom of Information Act.
Bear witness. Media companies, including the Associated Press, argued in a federal lawsuit that an Indiana ban on reporters at state-sanctioned executions is unconstitutional.
■ Pope Leo XIV, in his first public meeting with media members, called for “the precious gift of free speech” to be protected.
■ The elimination of public-records staff at health agencies has threatened access to government data under the Freedom of Information Act.
Bear witness. Media companies, including the Associated Press, argued in a federal lawsuit that an Indiana ban on reporters at state-sanctioned executions is unconstitutional.
■ Pope Leo XIV, in his first public meeting with media members, called for “the precious gift of free speech” to be protected.
■ Journalists have to band together in defending the First Amendment, a University of Iowa professor proposed in a PEN America commentary.
■ Funding for public and nonprofit media outlets is being threatened by an executive order from President Trump.
Censorial hammer time. A free-speech double-standard is hiding in plain sight on library shelves, postulated conservative author Connor Boyack.
■ North Dakota’s Republican governor has vetoed bills that would further restrict library content and create a private-school voucher program.
■ The Ten Commandments can go up, and pride flags will come down, after Alabama lawmakers approved a slew of conservative-sponsored bills.
■ Chief Justice John Roberts has emerged as a swing vote in whether the U.S. Supreme Court will allow the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school.
Fighting back. A former White House reporter is leading the charge to save Voice of America and calling on media to resist attacks from the Trump administration.
■ Can the far-right coverage of One America News fuel Voice of America? Kari Lake thinks so.
■ Axios has compiled a winning list of 2025 Pulitzer Prizes in journalism.
■ Funding for public and nonprofit media outlets is being threatened by an executive order from President Trump.
Censorial hammer time. A free-speech double-standard is hiding in plain sight on library shelves, postulated conservative author Connor Boyack.
■ North Dakota’s Republican governor has vetoed bills that would further restrict library content and create a private-school voucher program.
■ The Ten Commandments can go up, and pride flags will come down, after Alabama lawmakers approved a slew of conservative-sponsored bills.
■ Chief Justice John Roberts has emerged as a swing vote in whether the U.S. Supreme Court will allow the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school.
Fighting back. A former White House reporter is leading the charge to save Voice of America and calling on media to resist attacks from the Trump administration.
■ Can the far-right coverage of One America News fuel Voice of America? Kari Lake thinks so.
■ Axios has compiled a winning list of 2025 Pulitzer Prizes in journalism.
■ Sen. Bernie Sanders has asked Paramount’s Shari Redstone not to settle a Trump lawsuit against CBS News.
■ Kenneth Walker, whose reporting on apartheid South Africa for ABC’s “Nightline” helped the show win an Emmy, has died.
■ Kenneth Walker, whose reporting on apartheid South Africa for ABC’s “Nightline” helped the show win an Emmy, has died.
