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 mission to protect free speech when those rights may have been infringed upon.

Science should be an engine for freedom,” Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya told senators. “Not something where it stands on top of society and says, ‘You must do this, this or

Oscar winner Alex Gibney has signed on to executive produce “Speechless,” a feature-length documentary about the culture wars being waged and the threats to freedom of speech on university and college campuses across the United States.

Freedom in America is at risk, with democracy and the press facing significant challenges. How do you measure freedom?

"Associated Press" executive editor Julie Pace had a chance to explain their position on the organization's feud with the Trump administration about whether to refer to the ocean basis south of the U.

Universities must defend freedom of speech on campuses, the likely future leader of England’s higher education watchdog has said...

The U.S. is the only country in the world with concrete protection for true freedom of speech that it both respects and protects.

”Freedom of speech is on the line,” says Waniya Locke, a member of Standing Rock Grassroots. “This directly impacts everybody, not just Standing Rock, not just Greenpeace.”

The press and all people in the United States have the right to choose their own words and not be retaliated against by the government,” the AP said in its