House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings (D-MD) was presented with the 2019 Sunshine in Government Award from the News Media for Open Government coalition. This portion…
966 viewsIn this portion of the 21st annual National Freedom of Information (FOI) Day conference, experts talked about the legal concerns with new government surveillance technology such as face reco…
229 viewsGabe Roth, executive director of open information advocacy organization Fix the Court, spoke about efforts to gain more access for journalists and the public to the federal court system. …
67 viewsThe first panel of the annual National Freedom of Information (FOI) Day conference featured advocates who spoke about the importance of a free press and court cases challenging government ag…
144 viewsIslamic religious leaders and scholars talked about ways to counter violent extremism in Muslim communities. This program was part of a day-long forum on combating violent extremism among Mu…
423 viewsIslamic religious leaders and scholars talked about the radicalization process that occurs in prisons. This program was part of a day-long forum on combating violent extremism among Muslim c…
979 viewsThree Islamic religious leaders and scholars as well as an assistant chief of Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department talked about efforts to combat violent extremism among Muslim …
2,878 viewsProfessor John Inazu talked about his book, Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference, followed by a panel discussion on polarization and pluralism in the U.S. Topi…
1,002 viewsThe Newseum hosted a panel discussion commemorating the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo magazine headquarters in Paris. Panelists, including journalists and…
759 viewsThe editors and a contributor to the book Whistleblowers, Leaks and the Media: The First Amendment and National Security talked about the legal and policy issues surrounding the media’s cove…
426 viewsLegal experts and journalists talked about the influence of faith and religion religion in the way U.S. Supreme Court justices review and decide cases. After a long history of Protestant dom…
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