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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: First Amendment

Education · Politics · The jobs we do

Mizzou students deal blow to racism, then 1st Amendment

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 10, 2015, 6:58 AM Nov 10, 2015
98

When students set up a camp to protest racism on campus, they declared their public space a no-media zone, then assaulted reporters who tried to do their job and tell the story. Read more →

NPR ombudsman: Beware First Amendment ‘fundamentalists’

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2015, 10:20 AM Feb 12, 2015
3

Edward Schumacher Matos’ last day as the listeners’ representative at NPR gave him one last opportunity to poke his bosses in the eyes.
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Crime and Justice

The limits of free speech in protests

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 4, 2014, 10:52 AM Dec 4, 2014
8

The protests surrounding the police killings of black men have provided fertile ground for a discussion of First Amendment issues and today Providence, Rhode Island is the latest example. Read more →

Arts & Culture

Forest Service clamps down on photography in wilderness

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 25, 2014, 7:03 AM Sep 25, 2014
15

A picture in the BWCA or other wilderness might cost you $1000 if you snap it without a permit. Is this a threat to First Amendment rights?
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Crime and Justice

Ducks, Dixie Chicks, racist mascots and the First Amendment

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 20, 2013, 10:54 AM Dec 20, 2013
25

Many Americans, this week’s news stories confirm, don’t have a clue what the First Amendment says or what it means.
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Five by 8

Killing health care with a thousand paper cuts (5×8: 12/18/13)

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 18, 2013, 7:43 AM Dec 18, 2013
39

The toxic mix of politics and health care, is the Nienstedt controversy for Catholics only, baseball parks in winter, the rights of white supremacists vs. the rights of people to try to shut them up, and why aren’t kids interested in driving? Read more →

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