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Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images Sep 2 10m read Denial of G20 press access highlights how bureaucrats control the news the public receives
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Getty Images Jul 28 2m read High school teacher arrested at city meeting after clapping for anti-data center speech
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MirageC/Getty Images Jul 10 5m read ‘Censorship, full stop’: Judge’s order gives him final say on publication of school security footage
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Mark Keierleber/Straight Arrow Jul 7 5m read Judge weighs press freedom vs. student privacy in contentious legal battle
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Kevin McGill/ AP Photo Mar 24 4m read A Texas town arrested a reporter for getting info from a cop. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case.
AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis Mar 23 2m read SCOTUS sides with street preacher who challenged law restricting protests
USA TODAY Network via Reuters Mar 19 3m read Jury finds Afroman not guilty of defaming Ohio sheriff’s deputies
USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect Mar 18 3m read Reputational harm or free speech? Afroman’s defamation case now in hands of jury
Mark J. Terrill/ AP Photo Mar 16 4m read Afroman rapped about a raid on his home. A jury will decide whether he defamed the police
Lexington Herald-Leader via Getty Images Feb 12 7m read Who counts as a journalist? Arrests, access fights put press freedom on trial
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Jose Luis Magana/ AP Photo Jan 19 5m read Anti-ICE protesters interrupted a Minnesota church service. Can they be charged?
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