How ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Uses Police Bodycam Footage to Reframe a ‘Stand Your Ground’ Tragedy

Netflix’s new doc explores the 2023 death of Ajike Owens using and the stand your ground laws that continue to wreak havoc in U.S. neighborhoods.
Inside Higher Ed

UNC Campuses Split on Whether Syllabi Are Public Documents

After the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill refused to proffer faculty course materials in response to an ...
freedommagOpinion

Double-Edged Sword: AI Boosts FOIA Efficiency While Threatening Public Access

AI is speeding up FOIA responses, but may also be creating legal and ethical hazards that could undermine public requests and ...
Daily Inter Lake

A Montanan’s guide to federal and state public record requests

The right to know takes different forms at different levels of government. At the federal level, the Freedom of Information Act gives citizens a way to request government records. In Montana, the ...
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8 Investigates: DHHS memo exposes inconsistencies in how the department handles FOAA requests

The Government Oversight Committee says they have unanswered questions after the commissioner of DHHS declined the ...
Opinion
American Civil Liberties UnionOpinion

Rights Groups Demand Legal Memo on Caribbean Boat Strikes

The Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request ...
American Civil Liberties Union

FOIA Request for OLC Memo and July 2025 Directive Concerning Lethal Strikes on Alleged Drug Smugglers

The Center for Constitutional Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking the Office of Legal Counse ...