With schools nationwide embroiled in conflict amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, we compiled our campus speech educational materials and coverage for students and educators.
Eric Swalwell
With attacks both verbal and physical against journalists on the rise (see our deep dive into increasing threats against the media), California Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell has introduced the Journalist Protection Act. “I seek to protect the CNN journalist as much as I seek to protect the Fox News journalist,” he told The Hollywood Reporter.
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Indiana Law Shrouds Executions in Secrecy, Prompting New Pushes for Public Oversight
Some First Amendment advocates and death penalty experts call Indiana’s lack of transparency during the gravest of government punishments alarming.
DOJ Ignored Some Policies When Seizing Reporters’ Phone Records, Watchdog Finds
The new watchdog report was released as the aggressive practice of hunting for journalists’ sources could again be resurrected.
Federal Judge Tosses a Lawsuit Over Ban on Recorded Inmate Interviews in South Carolina
The judge said the government can restrict free speech rights in areas it controls that aren’t public and the media doesn’t have special rights to access prisoners.
Los Angeles Will Pay $300,000 To Settle a Lawsuit Against Journalist Over Undercover Police Photos
The city attorney’s lawsuit against the journalist drew condemnation from media rights experts and a coalition of newsrooms as an attack on free speech and press freedoms.