First Amendment
Consortium News Sues NewsGuard, US Government For Alleged Defamation
Consortium News sued the United States government and NewsGuard Technologies for allegedly defaming the independent media organization and violating the organization’s First Amendment rights.
A complaint [PDF] filed in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York claims that the Pentagon's U.S.
The FBI’s Material Support for Israeli Apartheid Against Palestinians
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Israel’s war on the besieged Gaza Strip has entered its sixth day. The Israeli military has launched a massive bombardment with airstrikes killing over 1,000 Palestinians.
This is far from
Right Before 9/11, FBI Counterterrorism Agents Were Busy Snooping In Anarchists' Trash
'These Are Hitler Tactics': Illegal Police Raids Effectively Shut Down Kansas Newspaper
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Joan Meyer, the 98-year-old co-owner of the Marion County Record in Kansas, had worked at the newspaper for over 50 years. She died after the newspaper was targeted in illegal police raids on August
Barred From Considering First Amendment, Jury In North Carolina Convicts Reporters Of 'Trespassing'
Ag-Gag Laws Suppressing Whistleblowers Experience Defeat As Iowa Expands Law To Target Video Recording
The Animal Legal Defense Fund warns Iowa's new law "threatens increased penalties for recording even in public places and locations" long used for advocacy.