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You can’t have democracy without a free press
Mar 11, 2021
Despite its flaws, an independent news media that holds government accountable for its actions is essential to ensuring democracy works, writes Gene Policinski.
Let government know who’s boss
Mar 8, 2021
Read and support your local newspaper. Local journalists, more than anyone else, will stand up for your right to information. Facebook will not be going toe-to-toe with your mayor.
Faith and belief accommodation at work: more than the right thing to do
Mar 4, 2021
Global data tracking religious affiliation shows a similar trend toward religiosity. The Pew Research Center calculates that religious affiliation in the world will grow to 84% by 2050. This has major ...
Pastors, politics and power: The struggle for equality for Black Americans
Feb 25, 2021
David Callaway looks at the recent election of Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock to discuss how religious freedom empowers Black Americans when access to other freedoms has been limited or denied.
Cheerleader’s Snapchat rant tests students’ free speech rights
Feb 18, 2021
David L. Hudson Jr. writes about the student free-speech questions facing the Supreme Court in a case that may be argued this spring: Can school officials punish a student for a social media post made ...
Free Online Course: The Civil Rights Movement and the First Amendment
Feb 11, 2021
Robert Bickel and Gene Policinski show how the civil rights movement was made possible by the power of the First Amendment, including peaceful protests energized by Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks ...
A First Amendment case that may be key to Trump’s Senate trial
Feb 4, 2021
As the Senate prepares for Trump’s impeachment trial to resume Feb. 9, Tony Mauro discusses the relation of this case to the 1969 Supreme Court decision that gave First Amendment protection to speakers ...
2021 Resolution: Make journalism better by improving newsroom culture
Jan 28, 2021
Patty Rhule talks about the launch of the Power Shift Project’s updated Workplace Integrity Curriculum in response to the nationwide reckoning on racial injustice and the COVID-19 pandemic challenges ...
Post-Capitol riot: Cellphones, selfies – and Orwell
Jan 21, 2021
In response to the quick arrests of the people who ransacked the Capitol, thanks to increasing forensic ability and enhanced surveillance, Gene Policinski talks about how we still need to be wary of the ...
