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News Analysis: ‘This is not normal’: First Amendment faces extraordinary pressures in the wake of Kirk assassination

  • By William Freivogel
  • September 19, 2025

Hunter Mays and Elijah Dickerson hold American flags in the air during an evening candlelight vigil held for Charlie Kirk Sept 14, 2025 in Marion, Illinois. (Lylee Gibbs | @lyleegibbsphoto)

Constitutional Issues, News

News Analysis: Big institutions retreat from First Amendment fight

  • By William Freivogel
  • September 12, 2025

This project is supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting Media, universities and law groups forgo legal challenges.

Constitutional Issues, News

News Analysis: The First Amendment is for everyone — equally

  • By William Freivogel
  • September 12, 2025

This project is supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. The First Amendment protects everyone’s freedom — Nazis,.

Media News, News, Opinion

Race and St. Louis: A reflection on event that shaped my life

  • By Linda Lockhart
  • May 15, 2025

Linda Lockhart died May 4 after a long career in Midwest newsrooms from St. Louis to Madison and Milwaukee..

Media News, News, Opinion

Foreign aid cuts hurt me — and all of us

  • By Anya Levy Guyer
  • May 1, 2025

As has happened to thousands of Americans in the past two months, my job recently disappeared with a stroke.

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