The First Amendment is only 45 words long, yet 235 years of court battles have left Americans fiercely devoted to an idea ...

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 ...

Dos Pueblos High School (DPHS) has been named a recipient of the 2026 First Amendment Press Freedom Award, Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD) ...

After the Constitution was ratified in June of 1788, George Washington and James Madison urged the members of Congress to support the addition of the Bill of Rights, inspired by the notion that ...

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Black journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort, face federal charges as the Black press defends press freedom and the First Amendment.

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 ...

In addition to guaranteeing freedom of speech and religion, the First Amendment prohibits government action "abridging freedom... of the press." As President Ronald Reagan declared, "There is no more ...

Update: On Feb. 4, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as U.S. attorney general. After President Donald Trump tapped Pam Bondi to serve as the next U.S. attorney general, the Reporters Committee ...

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 ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.– Santa Barbara Unified School District is proud to announce that Dos Pueblos High School (DPHS) has been named a ...