For freedom of the press to work, to have meaning, it must be a two-way street. Certainly, it must be protected, as under the First Amendment. However, to be truly free it must also be exercised .

Bennett and Goldberg will each be recognized with the Freedom of the Press Career Achievement Award, which honors individuals with a long history of upholding the value of freedom of the press ...

In the lead-up to the 2020 election, all eyes are on Iowa. Get updates of all things Iowa politics delivered to your inbox. Five books were cited in what I wrote last June to assist readers better ...

Though two-thirds of Americans believe press freedom is very important, only a third say that the media is actually completely free to report the news, according to a Pew Research Center study ...

As a long time Washington Post journalist and former political prisoner, Jason shares his latest insights about the people affected by attacks on press freedom, those defending them, and why it ...

The importance of press freedom A student essayist examines the arrest of a college journalist at a campus protest by Ehsanullah Hadi June 3, 2025 @ 12:01 am June 2, 2025 @ 9:38 am.

According to the American Library Association’s Office of Intellectual Freedom, there was a 92% increase in targeted book titles for censorship in public libraries and an 11% increase in school ...

President Trump is no fan of the free press. But he's not the only powerful person in the U.S. using the courts to silence unfavorable coverage, a New York Times editor and author tells NPR.

Today, on World Press Freedom Day, it’s important to celebrate the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees freedom of the press.

Across 35 countries, our survey finds widespread support for freedom of the press, freedom of speech and freedom on the internet. But the shares in each country who say these freedoms are very ...

That is why today, on World Press Freedom Day, all of us who have freedom must speak out for Jimmy Lai, Zhang Zhan, Li Weizhong, Dong Yuyu, Sai Zaw Thaike and every other journalist in jail in ...

WASHINGTON — It's Banned Books Week, and the DC Public Library is celebrating by highlighting its commitment to Freedom of Speech. Banned Books Week was first started in 1982 in response to a ...