National Newspaper Association
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Content for Member Papers
NNA provides its members with content to reprint or post to websites.
This content includes columns by directors and NNA member newspapers, Freedom Forum Institute's First Amendment columns/ editorials (available weekly) and more.
Your readers want to know more about global warming
Mar 1, 2020
Unusually warm winters. Unprecedented wildfires in Australia and the American Southwest. Record-high daily temperatures in Antarctica. Your readers are hearing about the consequences of global warming, ...
Free Expression Awards: How nine honorees used their First Amendment powers
Apr 8, 2021
In advance of the Freedom Forum’s 2021 Free Expression Awards on April 15, Patty Rhule describes how the nine honorees sparked change through free and fearless expression and asks us to consider ...
Faith on the field: Athletes exercise religious freedom
Apr 1, 2021
Athletes in the public eye face an extra level of scrutiny when expressing their religious beliefs, and the costs can be high, Tristiaña Hinton says, writing about several athletes who nonetheless ...
Celebrating spring’s religious holidays and the First Amendment
Mar 25, 2021
As religious communities prepare to celebrate major holidays, Benjamin P. Marcus describes in a video and column how the First Amendment can be used to help people of all religions and none feel like equal ...
First Amendment tablet finds new home in Philadelphia
Mar 18, 2021
The Freedom Forum has donated the 74-foot-tall First Amendment tablet, etched with the 45 words of the First Amendment that once fronted the Newseum on Pennsylvania Avenue, to the National Constitution ...
You can’t have democracy without a free press
Mar 11, 2021
Despite its flaws, an independent news media that holds government accountable for its actions is essential to ensuring democracy works, writes Gene Policinski.
Let government know who’s boss
Mar 8, 2021
Read and support your local newspaper. Local journalists, more than anyone else, will stand up for your right to information. Facebook will not be going toe-to-toe with your mayor.
Faith and belief accommodation at work: more than the right thing to do
Mar 4, 2021
Global data tracking religious affiliation shows a similar trend toward religiosity. The Pew Research Center calculates that religious affiliation in the world will grow to 84% by 2050. This has major ...
Pastors, politics and power: The struggle for equality for Black Americans
Feb 25, 2021
David Callaway looks at the recent election of Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock to discuss how religious freedom empowers Black Americans when access to other freedoms has been limited or denied.
