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  • Democracy & Government
    Incitement and the First Amendment
    January 12, 2021
    | James D. Zirin

    The feral mob brandished white supremacist and nazi flags that they held as they listened to Trump’s words and carried their odious standards into the Capitol building. These weren’t protestors exercising their constitutional rights. This was, as Shakespeare put it, insurrection “foul, base and bloody."

  • Activism
    Organizers Announce Women's March Against NRA
    July 7, 2017
    | Jessica Corbett
    In response to hostile videos by gun lobby group, progressive activists announce march in nation's capital for next week.
  • Media
    Copps: 'Maybe the Worst FCC I’ve Ever Seen'
    June 19, 2017
    | Michael Winship
    The Trump White House and new FCC chair are rolling back the effort for an internet that's open to all.
  • Media
    Your Turn: Red Alert — The First Amendment Is in Danger
    June 8, 2017
    | Karin Kamp
    Hundreds of people commented on Bernard Weisberger's widely shared article on the dangers Donald Trump poses to press freedom.
  • Civil Liberties
    Red Alert: The First Amendment Is in Danger
    June 2, 2017
    | Bernard Weisberger
    If anyone believes that under the First Amendment gagging the media can’t happen here, the answer is that it already has.
  • Activism
    Not Your Grandma’s Civil Rights Strategy
    March 27, 2017
    | Jon Else
    Whose streets? (Then and now).
  • Democracy & Government
    New Anti-Protesting Legislation: A Deeper Look
    March 7, 2017
    | Traci Yoder
    It's important not to let the wave of state bills trying to criminalize protests frighten us away from pushing back at every level.
  • Media
    CPAC: A Carefully Constructed Attack on the Media
    February 25, 2017
    | Adele M. Stan
    On a day that saw reporters from mainstream outlets barred from a White House press briefing, the president used his CPAC platform to rally his base against what he calls the "fake news" media.
  • Activism
    Where Protests Flourish, Anti-Protest Bills Follow
    February 22, 2017
    | Lee Rowland and Vera Eidelman
    In the wake of the Women's March and other anti-Trump demonstrations, some state lawmakers are trying to punish protesters.
  • Money & Politics
    Conservatives Plot Course in State Capitals
    January 9, 2017
    | Robert Faturechi
    Meeting in private, enthused activists promise that the growing Republican dominance in state government will unleash a wave of laws to cut business taxes, restrict unions and expand school privatization.


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