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Know your rights: What protesters can and can't do as 'Good Trouble' rallies sweep Indiana indystar.com/story/news/pol…

"Americans from across the political spectrum don’t subscribe to the notion of a biased PBS. We found that those who watch PBS trust it immensely, for several complementary reasons." (June 2025) niemanlab.org/2025/06/americ…

Good morning from Boston! I’m here covering closing arguments in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio, the case over the Trump administration’s effort to deport foreign-born student protesters. I’ll have a story later for USA TODAY!

An Indiana school banned a mom for recording its principal. A think tank argues the policy it used to punish her violates the First Amendment. IndyStar indystar.com/story/news/edu…

The latest from BrieAnna J. Frank 🌵 on the USA TODAY First Amendment beat. Reporting from Boston. usatoday.com/story/news/nat…

Indiana school banned mom for recording principal. Think tank says it's unconstitutional indystar.com/story/news/edu…

ICYMI Jacob Stewart published a column this week in response to federal public media cuts:

Over the next two years, Hoosier public media stations will lose nearly $9.4 million after federal cuts. Another $7.4 million was lost in state funding. Rural stations are being hit hardest including four losing at least half of their revenue. IndyStar indystar.com/story/news/loc…

NEW: A legal challenge to Indiana's law mandating "intellectual diversity" in college classrooms has been dismissed after a judge ruled the fear behind the law's subsequent chilling effect on free expression was unproven. IndyStar indystar.com/story/news/pol…

A legal challenge to Indiana's law mandating "intellectual diversity" in college classrooms has been dismissed after a judge ruled the fear behind the law's subsequent chilling effect on free expression was unproven. bit.ly/4lMJwJr

If you didn’t hear this story from Anas Baba on NPR today, you should take a listen. He walked 3 hours to find a working internet connection to file the story. npr.org/2025/07/25/nx-…

Following crippling gov spending cuts, Indiana public media leaders said politicized misunderstandings about public media could debilitate access by rural communities that rely on public broadcasting the most. indystar.com/story/news/loc…

Florida attorney general filed lawsuit against domestic and foreign companies that own porn sites, accusing them of violating state age verification laws. tallahassee.com/story/news/loc…

UW violated free speech by blocking animal testing comments on social media, court says jsonline.com/story/news/edu…

Big news this morning regarding the 25 ft police buffer law, Ryan Murphy reports. Similar legislation is being legally challenged in Louisiana and Tennessee.

From The Chronicle of Higher Education: "What is certain is that some elected officials have reached the end of their patience with higher education. Academic freedom is 'sometimes an argument that doesn’t really resonate well with a lot of legislators,” one professor says." chronicle.com/special-projec…

Two Hoosier universities were criticized by a First Amendment advocacy organization for policies that FIRE said "clearly and substantially" restrict student speech. (You may be surprised who got dinged.) How Hoosier universities fared in IndyStar: indystar.com/story/news/edu…

Stanford's student paper, repped by FIRE, is suing the Trump admin over its use of federal immigration laws against pro-Palestine noncitizens. FIRE said it's the "first lawsuit of its kind," while DHS called it "baseless"+"political." usatoday.com/story/news/nat… @usatoday

Big news out of Bloomington:

NEW: The ACLU is appealing a ruling that upholds Indiana's "intellectual diversity" law. The professors involved argue the law chills their speech in the classroom, but the judge prev ruled those fears were unsubstantiated. More on the dismissal: indystar.com/story/news/202…