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March 24, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Supreme Court Shockingly Stands up to Trump on Press Freedom
The Supreme Court has rejected a bid by one of Donald Trump’s allies to attack a key press protection.
March 11, 2025
Robert McCoy
The Right Is Hell-Bent on Weaponizing Libel Law
A 1964 Supreme Court decision affords the press strong protections against costly defamation lawsuits. That’s why a dangerous new movement is trying to overturn it.
January 30, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump’s War on the Media Has Found Its First Targets
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr announced he would be investigating two publicly funded media outlets.
November 20, 2021
Matt Ford
Project Veritas Wants to Have It Both Ways on the Freedom of the Press
The First Amendment watchdogs who stepped up to defend James O’Keefe’s are probably feeling like they got played.
June 4, 2021
Alex Shephard
Trump’s War on the Press Isn’t Over Until Biden Ends It
The previous two administrations’ dogged pursuit of reporters’ records demands immediate reform.
April 20, 2021
Melissa Gira Grant
Republicans’ Criminalization of Protest and Cops’ Crackdown on Journalists Go Hand in Hand
While police in Minneapolis assault reporters, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is endorsing violence against demonstrators. It’s time for journalists to put up a fight.
June 6, 2019
Matt Ford
Australia’s Media Raids and the Decline of Press Freedom Worldwide
American journalists have strong constitutional protections, but even the U.S. is part of a global trend among autocracies and democracies alike.
April 11, 2019
Matt Ford
U.S. Charges Julian Assange With ... Well, What Exactly?
A relatively narrow indictment leaves critics to wonder if the threat to press freedom fits the crime.
February 1, 2019
Una Hajdari
Serbian Journalists Are Under Attack. Does the International Community Care?
Supported by the U.S. and EU, praised at Davos: President Aleksandar Vucic is on a roll. No one seems to want to contemplate the appalling assaults on press freedoms.
December 18, 2018
Matt Ford
Imagine Trump’s America With Australia’s Severe Defamation Laws
Two cases down under show how lower libel standards silence accusers and the press, while protecting the wealthy and powerful.
August 30, 2018
Matt Ford
The FBI arrested a man who echoed Trump’s rhetoric in threatening to kill
Boston Globe
reporters.
January 3, 2018
Sarah Jones
Did
The New York Times
bury stories that cast doubt on Bush’s Iraq War push?
June 12, 2017
Clio Chang
Greg Gianforte’s wrist slap is the latest attack on the freedom of the press.
July 28, 2016
Saif Alnuweiri
Now is not a good time to work in a school, the press, the judiciary, or the military in Turkey.
January 5, 2016
Alex Shephard
VICE News correspondent Mohammed Rasool has been released from Turkish prison.
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