/tags/first-amendment First Amendment en-US Copyright Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:28:06 GMT /politics/2023-11-22/judge-rejects-nc-supreme-court-justices-request-to-halt-disciplinary-probe An investigation of state Supreme Court justice Anita Earls will continue after a judge declined this week to block the probe. Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:28:06 GMT /politics/2023-11-22/judge-rejects-nc-supreme-court-justices-request-to-halt-disciplinary-probe Colin Campbell /politics/2023-08-29/ncs-only-black-female-supreme-court-justice-sues-commission-over-first-amendment-issue State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls is suing a judicial oversight board that’s investigating her. Tue, 29 Aug 2023 17:53:45 GMT /politics/2023-08-29/ncs-only-black-female-supreme-court-justice-sues-commission-over-first-amendment-issue Colin Campbell /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-13/first-amendment-rights-challenged-in-alamance-county Protests continue in Graham over the town’s Confederate statue and the local history of racist policing. Over the weekend, the Alamance County seat hosted… Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:32:35 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2020-07-13/first-amendment-rights-challenged-in-alamance-county Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /law/2020-07-13/first-amendment-rights-challenged-in-alamance-county Protests continue in Graham over the town’s Confederate statue and the local history of racist policing. Over the weekend, the Alamance County seat hosted… Mon, 13 Jul 2020 15:32:35 GMT /law/2020-07-13/first-amendment-rights-challenged-in-alamance-county Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /news/2020-06-26/nc-churches-embrace-innovation-and-challenges-amid-pandemic Karleigh King stands on her front porch, warming up her voice while her kids are down for naptime. This is her new normal, singing hymns at home, not with… Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:40:08 GMT /news/2020-06-26/nc-churches-embrace-innovation-and-challenges-amid-pandemic Keri Brown / WFDD /the-state-of-things/2019-12-27/producer-laura-pellicers-standout-stories-of-2019 In 2019, The State of Things met musical visionaries, people fighting to save endangered cultures, and folks who supported their neighbors through another… Fri, 27 Dec 2019 16:25:09 GMT /the-state-of-things/2019-12-27/producer-laura-pellicers-standout-stories-of-2019 Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2019-09-30/hate-harassment-and-the-right-to-report The internet has a hate problem. Trolls, white supremacists, and other hate groups spew vitriol and harass users on social media. The First Amendment… Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:32:23 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-09-30/hate-harassment-and-the-right-to-report Laura Pellicer, Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /law/2019-09-30/hate-harassment-and-the-right-to-report The internet has a hate problem. Trolls, white supremacists, and other hate groups spew vitriol and harass users on social media. The First Amendment… Mon, 30 Sep 2019 16:32:23 GMT /law/2019-09-30/hate-harassment-and-the-right-to-report Laura Pellicer, Josie Taris, Frank Stasio /show/the-state-of-things/2018-01-26/north-carolina-audits-the-list-of-banned-books-in-prisons This week the North Carolina American Civil Liberties Union wrote a letter to state officials asking them to remove “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration… Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:16:19 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2018-01-26/north-carolina-audits-the-list-of-banned-books-in-prisons Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio /law/2018-01-26/north-carolina-audits-the-list-of-banned-books-in-prisons This week the North Carolina American Civil Liberties Union wrote a letter to state officials asking them to remove “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration… Fri, 26 Jan 2018 18:16:19 GMT /law/2018-01-26/north-carolina-audits-the-list-of-banned-books-in-prisons Amanda Magnus, Frank Stasio