The press isn’t perfect, but a free and fair one is essential to democracy. Yet, politicians on both the left and right have found it convenient to take swings at journalists—whether it’s a mayor lashing out after a tragedy or a former president using lawsuits to intimidate. The attacks aren’t new, but they’re escalating. Now
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A trial involving the Dakota Access Pipeline is drawing significant attention as media organizations push for expanded access. Judge James Gion has restricted photography, video, and audio recording during the proceedings in Morton County, citing witness concerns. Media attorney Jack McDonald has filed a petition with the North Dakota Supreme Court for greater transparency, arguing
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A high-stakes courtroom battle is unfolding in Mandan, North Dakota, where pipeline giant Energy Transfer is suing Greenpeace for $300 million over its role in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. The case, deemed the most complex civil trial in state history, could have far-reaching consequences for free speech and protest rights. Energy Transfer argues Greenpeace
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A small-town dispute in Iowa has become a textbook case of how free speech works—or should. When 73-year-old Rita Audlehelm wrote a letter to her local newspaper questioning an elected official’s prolonged absence from meetings, she didn’t expect a legal threat in return. But the county attorney’s cease-and-desist letter serves as a stark reminder: the
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“It’s one thing to defund a public broadcaster based on fiscal considerations. It’s quite another to defund it based on political content. Prairie Public doesn’t have a right to public funds; they do have a First Amendment right not to be discriminated against because of the political bent of their content.” That’s the excerpt. Read
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The idea of free speech, what it means, and where we can use it is constantly being redefined in the new world where technological tools are reshaping everything about our culture. And in that light, Motherboard has the story on a leaked European trade proposal that would privatize censorship and potentially leave it in the
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