https://www.wunc.org/npr-blogs/2016-04-20/u-s-ranks-41st-in-press-freedom-index-thanks-to-war-on-whistleblowers
The report, created by Reporters Without Borders, also slams the treatment of journalists covering the 2016 presidential race and #BlackLivesMatter protests.
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/photojournalist-hit-with-projectile-while-covering-oregon-ice-protest/
Independent photojournalist John Rudoff was struck by a stinger grenade while documenting a protest outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs …
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https://www.rcfp.org/us-fines-fashion-magazine-sending-models-cuba/
U.S. fines fashion magazine for sending models to Cuba 06/14/99 WASHINGTON, D.C.--In mid-April, the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control...
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https://www.ed.gov/about/ed-overview/required-notices/foia/faqs--freedom-of-information-act-foia
Frequently asked questions regarding the Freedom of Information Act.
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/trump-allegedly-urges-comey-jail-journalists/
During an Oval Office meeting on Feb. 14, 2017, President Trump allegedly asked James Comey, then the FBI director, to …
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https://reason.com/2013/11/05/us-slipped-in-four-freedom-rankings-this/
It's not yet time to break out the phony passports or head for the secret compound in the mountains, but...
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https://www.propublica.org/article/idaho-vaccine-bill-medical-freedom-act-maha
Nov 6, 2025 - The Idaho Medical Freedom Act makes it illegal to require anyone to take a vaccine or receive “medical intervention.” Leslie Manookian, the activist behind...
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https://cpj.org/2018/01/international-press-freedom-groups-to-visit-us-on/
Trip comes amid concern about climate for media in US Washington, D.C., January 10, 2018--CPJ and IFEX will lead a delegation of global press freedom groups on...
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/man-arrested-after-threatening-shoot-and-kill-boston-globe-staffers/
On Aug. 30, 2018, the FBI arrested a man in California who allegedly made repeated threats to kill employees of …
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https://www.war.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2003376872/
Residents cheer on members of the Royal Air Force Lakenheath Base Honor Guard during a parade at Nantwich, England, Jan. 14, 2024. U.S. airmen and members of...
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https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/columns/debatable-ideas/2025/11/05/partial-victory-freedom-press-indiana-u
While we need to celebrate the win, we also need to recognize how incomplete and temporary it was. The decision by Indiana University administrators to allow...
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https://justthenews.com/world/middle-east/iranian-security-forces-deployed-chemical-substances-freedom-protestors-uk-report
Eyewitness accounts and analysts featured on the program said that the number of people affected is believed to be significant
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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/03/20/uss-freedom-arrives-in-us-7th-fleet.html
USS BLUE RIDGE AT SEA -- The Navy's first littoral combat ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1), arrived in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) March 20,...
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https://theweek.com/articles/542945/theres-global-war-internet-freedom-losing
From Russia to India, governments are imposing limits that threaten a free internet everywhere
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https://www.rcfp.org/canadian-judge-threatens-us-journalists-contempt/
Canadian judge threatens U.S. journalists with contempt06/16/95 BUFFALO, N.Y.--A television station stopped reporting on portions of a sensational Toronto...
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https://www.econlib.org/archives/2011/09/the_decline_in.html
Matt Mitchell, a sharp young economist at the Mercatus Center, has come up with a 14 second video that shows the rise and fall of economic freedom over the...
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/
The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is a database of press freedom incidents in the United States — everything from arrests of journalists and the seizure of...
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https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/preface-sweet-freedom-s-plains-african-americans-on-the-overland-trails-1841-1869.htm
Preface - Sweet Freedom's Plains: African Americans on the Overland Trails 1841-1869
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https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/chapter-1-race-slavery-and-freedom-the-evolution-of-their-status.htm
Chapter 1: Race, Slavery, and Freedom - The Evolution of Their Status; Sweet Freedom's Plains: African Americans on the Overland Trails 1841-1869
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/reporter-called-fake-news-harassed-by-cbp-officer-when-entering-us/
Alastair Jamieson, a journalist for NBC News, was detained for hours and repeatedly referred to as “fake news” by a …
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https://thefederalist.com/2021/01/26/the-united-states-should-give-hong-kongers-and-uighurs-a-ticket-to-freedom/
The United States should consider providing an unlimited number of special visas for persecuted Uighurs, dissidents, and targeted religious minorities.
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https://thefederalist.com/2021/11/30/nba-star-enes-kanter-becomes-american-citizen-changes-last-name-to-freedom/
'Today is probably the biggest day of my life,' Enes Kanter Freedom said. 'To me, America gave me everything. America gave me home, gave me family.'
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https://www.rcfp.org/us-judges-colleagues-put-fewer-civil-cases-under-seal/
Too many civil lawsuits are closed off to the public, according to the policy-making body of the federal justice system, which unanimously recommended today...
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https://www.rcfp.org/new-york-times-reporter-subpoenaed-us-government/
The U.S. Department of Justice issued a subpoena yesterday for the testimony of a New York Times reporter in the trial of Jeffrey Sterling, a former CIA...
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https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/history-colorado-exhibit-u-s-founding-documents-freedom-plane-tour/?intcid=CNR-01-0623
The History Colorado Center is among a select group of eight museums across the country chosen by the National Archives and Records Administration to host the...
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https://www.dummies.com/article/academics-the-arts/history/ushering-in-racial-freedom-in-the-u-s-199049/
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/man-arrested-after-threatening-kill-cnn-staffers/
A man in Michigan was arrested by the FBI and accused of threatening to murder CNN employees, Atlanta news station …
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https://www.rcfp.org/briefs-comments/motion-ius-v-franklini/
The Reporters Committee filed a motion asking for leave to file a brief in an espionage-related criminal case, which would argue that a broad reading of the...
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https://pulsemedia.org/
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one
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https://www.rcfp.org/journals/the-news-media-and-the-law-winter-2004/us-supreme-court-takes-deta/
From the Winter 2004 issue of The News Media & The Law, page 10.
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https://www.nps.gov/articles/march-on-washington.htm
t was the largest gathering for civil rights of its time. An estimated 250,000 people attended the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963,...
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https://www.jezebel.com/in-the-u-s-nothing-says-human-rights-abuse-like-ensuring-reproductive-freedom
Nov 25, 2025 - U.S. embassies around the world have been instructed to categorize abortion access, DEI policies, and transgender care for minors as human rights infringements.
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/student-journalists-ousted-from-immigration-court-in-maryland/
Student journalists Lillian Glaros and Ruby Siefken were ordered out of an immigration court in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Oct. 28, …
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/newsroom-personal-equipment-seized-in-kansas-raid/
Local law enforcement executed a search warrant on the offices of the Marion County Record on Aug. 11, 2023, seizing …
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/white-house-restricts-reporter-access-to-press-secretary-staffs-offices/
Journalists will no longer be able to access the offices of senior press officials at the White House in Washington, …
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https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10980487
Our shop retails 1/72 U.S Army AH-64D Apache Longbow Operation Iraqi Freedom (Pre-built Aircraft) Waltersons WS55719 Diecast Airplane on the Web. - Enjoy the...
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/they-see-the-media-as-the-enemy-a-lesson-from-a-deported-journalist/
Dear Friend of Press Freedom,I’m starting this month with a roundup of notable incidents and updates — and there have …
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https://www.rferl.org/a/1097545.html
The 11 September events in the United States hurried this month's U.N. World Conference Against Racism off the global agenda. During the conference itself,...
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https://www.prlog.org/12859232-beyond-guantanamo-louisiana-candidate-for-congress-blazes-trail-to-freedom-for-us-political-prisoners.html
BEYOND GUANTANAMO: Louisiana Candidate for Congress blazes trail to freedom for U.S. political prisoners. The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture may be the only...
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https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/NEWS-ARTICLES/News-Article-View/Article/884907/obama-hagel-mark-end-of-operation-enduring-freedom/
After 13 years of combat operations, Operation Enduring Freedom drew to a close Dec. 28 in a ceremony at the International Security and Assistance Force...
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/cnns-new-york-headquarters-evacuated-after-pipe-bomb-found-mailroom/
On Oct. 24, 2018, CNN’s New York bureau was evacuated after a pipe bomb was found in the mailroom of …
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/reporter-injured-while-dodging-police-munition-at-la-protest/
Lexis-Olivier Ray, an investigative reporter with L.A. Taco, was targeted by a police officer who fired a crowd-control round during …
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https://www.rcfp.org/us-takes-canada-wto-over-80-percent-magazine-tax/
U.S. takes Canada to WTO over 80 percent magazine tax03/25/96 WASHINGTON, D.C.--Canada is violating fair trade laws and discriminating against U.S. magazines...
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https://freedomhouse.org/article/cecc-statement-threat-transnational-repression-china-and-us-response
A statement for the record from Freedom House for the Congressional-Executive Commission on China's hearing on Transnational Repression.
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https://www.6sqft.com/proposed-freedom-plaza-casino-complex-next-to-u-n-reveals-waterfront-public-park/
Newly released renderings offer a closer look at a public waterfront park planned alongside a proposed casino complex near the United Nations. Unveiled on...
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https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2020/09/02/in-views-of-u-s-democracy-widening-partisan-divides-over-freedom-to-peacefully-protest/?emci=85f0da66-41be-eb11-a7ad-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=ea000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&ceid=
A majority of Americans say significant changes are needed in the "fundamental design and structure of American government."
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https://www.democracynow.org/2014/6/26/50_years_after_freedom_summer_us
In a week marking the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer, Mississippi was in the news when African-American voters crossed party lines to help Republican Sen....
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https://www.christianpost.com/news/abortion-activists-call-for-abortion-on-demand-through-nationwide-freedom-ride.html
A pro-choice and anti-pornography group has organized a "Freedom Rider" tour that kicked off in New York City and San Francisco last month. End Patriarchy Now...
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https://www.rferl.org/a/US_Releases_Annual_Freedom_Of_Religion_Report_To_Promote_Universal_Value/1862020.html
The U.S. State Department has released its annual report on how governments around the world are doing when it comes to protecting their citizens' religious...
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/former-fbi-agent-terry-albury-accused-leaking-documents-intercept/
On March 27, 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a “felony information” document formally accusing former FBI agent Terry …
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https://www.rferl.org/a/u-s-voices-deep-concern-over-russia-s-detainment-of-ukrainian-chechen-journalists-death-threats-against-novaya-gazeta/29617117.html
Russia is working to subvert free speech both at home and abroad, and is stepping up pressure on its independent media, the United States has warned at a...
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https://cpj.org/thetorch/2022/01/u-s-press-freedom-under-president-biden/
Since his inauguration, U.S. President Joe Biden has underscored the importance of protecting press freedom. In a new report by CPJ, Leonard Downie Jr. finds...
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/photojournalist-struck-by-projectile-while-covering-world-series-revelry-in-la/
Freelance photojournalist Myraneli Fabian was shot with a crowd-control projectile fired by police while she documented celebrations in Los Angeles, …
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https://www.freedomalliancellc.com/
In order for America to continue to stand as a beacon of liberty and freedom, a second heroic monument, the Statue of Freedom, must be erected on the West...
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https://u.today/coinbase-ceo-brian-armstrong-drops-economic-freedom-tweet-on-thanksgiving
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong pens message in celebration of Thanksgiving Day, along with the rest of the crypto community.
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/reporter-shoved-struck-by-police-while-documenting-la-protest/
Los Angeles Daily News reporter Ryanne Mena was pushed by police and struck with a baton by an officer on …
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https://thespjnews.org/2025/10/17/we-cant-ignore-this-anymore-how-the-u-s-press-freedom-tracker-is-fighting-for-journalists/
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/reporter-struck-by-foam-rounds-at-la-protest/
MintPress News reporter Jalyssa Dugrot was hit twice in the legs by police impact projectiles while covering the “No Kings” …
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/cincinnati-reporter-arrested-as-protest-spills-across-bridge-to-kentucky/
Two journalists for the Cincinnati alternative newsweekly CityBeat were arrested while documenting a protest across the bridge connecting the Ohio …
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https://pressfreedomtracker.us/all-incidents/former-cia-agent-accused-sending-classified-information-wikileaks/
Joshua Schulte, a former NSA and CIA staffer, was indicted on multiple Espionage Act charges on June 18, 2018, for …
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