NEFAC Sunshine Week Editorial Released
NENPA is once again working with the New England First Amendment Coalition (NEFAC) to support this initiative in New England. Below is an editorial in support...
Making the Web, Social Media ‘Better’ Places — with Caution
We'd all like a "better" internet in terms of privacy, politeness, taste and safety. And who would oppose eliminating false or misleading information from...
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 First Amendment Right to Protest Has Limits
We often use our free speech rights at the top of our lungs and in public spaces to protest loudly, proudly and...
NENPA and NEFAC Call on R.I. Governor to Resume Full Press Briefings
The New England First Amendment Coalition is calling on Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to resume full press briefings and allow direct questioning from...
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.
Fist Five Perspective: What if the nation’s founders had been able to tweet?
The nation’s founders didn’t have access to today’s social media – but what if they had?
Of course, they took good advantage of the media...
At long last, the stuff of journalism
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....
Humor, satire: Making the political ‘cut,’ from our earliest days
The 2020 election is no laughing matter — except that it is, in the great American tradition of humor and satire that...
2020 Just Won’t Go Away When It Comes to First Amendment Issues in 2021
2020 is the challenging year that just won’t go away, however much we wish it would, as many current issues over First...