Over 3,700 unique books were banned during the 2024-2025 school year, more than double the number of titles PEN America tracked in the 2021-2022 school year when it began counting. The nonprofit, ...

President Trump reiterated his position that flag burning isn't protected speech at a roundtable, despite a Supreme Court case protecting the right. Dolly Parton breaks silence on health after sister ...

President Donald Trump bragged on Wednesday that his administration "took the freedom of speech away" with a one year penalty for "inciting riots" with flag burning -- never mind that the Supreme ...

Clashes on university campuses, and administrators’ failures when dealing with them, have triggered actions by some governments meant to limit what universities and their students can say and do.

In the U.S., the First Amendment of the Constitution protects freedom of speech. The First Amendment also defends freedom of religion, freedom of the press and the right to assembly. Recently, social ...

Doxing, deplatforming, defunding, persecuting, firing, and sometimes killing—all are part of an escalating war over words. What happens next?

From social media bans to campus protests, Americans often claim their “free speech rights” are being violated. What does the First Amendment protect?

The First Amendment's freedom of speech got a workout this week. Just in the last few days, a late-night host suspended after a federal regulators threat; a newspaper sued by the president for looking ...

The First Amendment is meant to protect freedom of speech for the nation's people and press. But this week, that protection was tested. The First Amendment's freedom of speech got a workout this week.