First Amendment Watch Releases a Citizen’s Guide to Recording Police
New York University First Amendment Watch | June 10, 2020
In response to the nationwide demonstrations against police brutality,...
The Spirit of ’76: Protecting us against the Putin Playbook
As we gather to celebrate Independence Day, it’s a good time to reflect on how our most fundamental freedoms have served this nation well.
It’s...
At the Supreme Court, a day of infamy for religious freedom
Inside the First Amendment
June 21, 2018
At the Supreme Court, a day of infamy for religious freedom
By Charles C. Haynes
June 26, 2018 will be long...
Violence isn’t protest
Assembling to protest is our right under the First Amendment — it’s how we talk to each other as a nation.
New England First Amendment Award Now Accepting Entries
NENPA members, please enter your work that illuminates or upholds our five freedoms for the New England First Amendment Award. The New England First...
We Once Went “MAD” for the Magazine — and It Was Fun and Funny
Gene Policinski is president and chief operating officer of the Freedom Forum Institute. He can be reached atgpolicinski@freedomforum.org, or follow...
Perspective: Protect assembly and petition by preserving listening at public meetings
Two of the least-known freedoms protected by the First Amendment — the rights of assembly and petition — are being tested in today’s rancorous,...
Protecting Press Freedom: Introducing the NENPA First Amendment Collaborative
At our recent New England Newspaper Convention, a standing-room-only town hall session made one thing clear: the challenges facing the First Amendment, access to...
Inaugural Day ‘open letter’ – to the rest of us
Gene Policinski, inside the First Amendment
Gene Policinski is chief operating officer of the Newseum Institute and senior vice president of the Institute’s First Amendment Center....
Applications for New England First Amendment Institute Now Available
Applications are now open for the New England First Amendment Coalition's, tuition-free, First Amendment Institute in investigative journalism, awarded to 25 working...