These ten cases illuminate governments’ efforts at criminalizing journalism and withholding information from the public.

On the Monday, February 9, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: The Trump administration has been pushing back on the press in unprecedented ways by banning outlets from White House access, raiding a ...

Alan Dershowitz was present at the creation of New York Times v. Sullivan. Now he is asking the Supreme Court to revise or ...

A free press is a cornerstone of American democracy. It informs citizens, holds leaders to account and upholds democratic principles. But after decades of relative freedom, the U.S. press now faces a ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. A couple of months ago, I wrote about Mario Guevara, whose case represented “a singular and devastating blow to this country ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Don Lemon (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) Journalists, lawmakers and press advocacy groups on Friday condemned the Justice Department’s ...

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This piece was originally published in The Nutgraf, a weekly newsletter on student journalism from Chatwan Mongkol. Student Press Freedom Day is Feb. 27 in the United States. But here in Korea — and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the Monday, February 9, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: The Trump administration has been pushing back on the press in ...