Don Lemon, a former CNN anchor, was arrested by federal agents in Los Angeles for allegedly violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act while covering a protest, in what press freedom advocates and courts have called an unprecedented effort to criminalize routine newsgathering.
Public universities may lawfully regulate certain forms of speech when a reasonable member of the campus community could construe that expression as a disruptive threat, but this standard has been inconsistently applied and widely misunderstood.
The Trump administration is demanding that universities take greater action to protect Jewish community members, placing federal funding at risk while reviving unresolved constitutional disputes over campus speech, and critics argue that these demands are extortionate and may be unconstitutional under rulings issued by conservative federal appellate courts.
The California Civil Rights Department reached settlements with the Yuba City Unified School District and Folsom Lake Hyundai to address allegations of discrimination, requiring the district and dealership to implement corrective actions and pay compensation to the complainants.
The ACLU has filed a brief in support of The New York Times’ lawsuit against the Department of Defense, arguing that the new press policy is an unconstitutional attack on free expression and democratic accountability.
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Ohio State University from disenrolling a student over political speech, ruling that the school likely violated the student’s First Amendment and due process rights.
Martin Luther King Jr. and Ibram X. Kendi both argue that racism is not just a matter of individual prejudice, but a systemic issue that requires active anti-racism and structural change, rather than passive neutrality.
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to rescind media protections led to an FBI raid on Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s home, which journalist Lauren Harper argued was an unnecessary action based on a sham pretext and part of the Trump administration’s war on press freedom.
The California Attorney General’s Office has reached a settlement with the Sacramento City Unified School District after an investigation found evidence of unlawful enrollment practices that disadvantaged minority students.
The Stonewall Democratic Club of Greater Sacramento condemned the killing of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old mother and member of the LGBTQ+ community, by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, calling it “tragic and unnecessary” and urging an end to unlawful federal operations in US cities.
Two journalists are challenging a Puerto Rican law that threatens press freedom by attempting to ban misinformation, arguing that it violates the First Amendment and could be used to silence dissent.
A recent conversation on the Vanguard’s Facebook Page about peer review research led to a conspiracy theory that each transgender child generates $1-2 million in lifetime revenue for pharmaceutical companies, which was not backed by any evidence from actual reporting.
Suzanne Nossel’s book Dare to Speak argues that free speech should be defended for all, and that the erosion of support for it is weakening democratic norms and deepening mistrust, while also providing a framework for evaluating speech harms and advocating for counterspeech as a primary response to hate.
Pauli Murray was an influential civil rights strategist, legal scholar, and Episcopal priest who challenged traditional notions of gender and race, and whose work laid the groundwork for modern gender equality and civil rights legislation.
The leaked memorandum from U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi reveals that the government is exploring a cash reward system to incentivize people to provide information on individuals or groups promoting “radical gender ideology”, potentially leading to surveillance, investigation and punishment of trans people and their allies.
The Israeli Defense Forces has been expanding its use of artificial intelligence technologies to surveil and target Palestinian civilians, raising concerns about reliance on unauthorized data extraction and computerized decision-making in paramilitary operations, and potentially violating international humanitarian law.
The Trans Journalists Association (TJA) is encouraging newsrooms to rethink how they report on policies that affect transgender communities, by using data to create meaningful stories that represent the true impact of federal policy changes on the trans community.
The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas and other civil rights organizations are demanding that Texas State University reinstate the Black History 101 Mobile Museum exhibition, which was canceled due to a misapplication of state law and a violation of the First Amendment.
The U.S. Coast Guard has enacted a workplace harassment policy that reclassifies swastikas and nooses as “potentially divisive” rather than explicitly identifying them as hate symbols, which has raised concerns among historians and lawmakers.
The ACLU is urging members of the U.S. House of Representatives to vote against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s bill that would criminalize the provision of gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under 18, which the ACLU describes as the most extreme anti-transgender legislation ever considered by Congress.