As America approaches the midway point of this decade, we can agree that it has been one heck of a year. Following the news ...

This amendment is pretty straightforward in its original text, but not all free speech is protected. Advocacy groups like the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) make it their ...

On the Fourth of July, contributing columnist Mike Vogel writes about what really matters, starting with the Bill of Rights ...

Many Americans worry freedom of speech is fading, while others feel empowered to say what they want. NPR's Morning Edition explores this dynamic in a new series, The State of the First Amendment.

The courts have long recognized the freedom of speech as a natural human right. James Madison, who drafted the Constitution and wrote the First Amendment, understood that the right comes from our ...