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Media News, Midwest

News analysis: Missourians take leading roles in Trump’s ‘weaponization’ of the Justice Department and election denial

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • February 6, 2026

St. Louis’ Ed Martin recently lost his job as chair of the Justice Department’s Weaponization Working Group after three.

Media News, News

News analysis: Trump’s handling of Minnesota investigations defies time-tested procedures and looks like a ‘cover-up in plain sight’  

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • January 30, 2026

At the time that ICE agents killed Alex Pretti in a hail of 10 bullets last Saturday, Pretti was.

First Amendment, Media News, Midwest

Hazelwood censorship case looms over student journalists

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • December 27, 2025

Thirty-seven years ago, on Jan. 13, 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court announced a devastating blow to student speech and.

First Amendment, Media News

Big institutions retreat from First Amendment fight

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • December 27, 2025

Media, universities and law groups forgo legal challenges as Trump reshapes Washington and curtails free-speech protections Many powerful law.

First Amendment, Media News, Midwest

The First Amendment is for everyone and protects the speech we hate

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • December 27, 2025

The First Amendment protects everyone’s freedom — Nazis, Klansmen, Proud Boys, communists, Christians, flag burners, cross burners, Bible and.

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