Josh Moore

Op-ed: ‘Even God cannot hear us here’: What I witnessed inside an ICE women’s prison - The Tufts Daily On a Tuesday in March, I had spent most of my day working on my dissertation proposal and started to feel exhausted and hungry. It was the holy month of Ramadan, and I was fasting. Once finished, I quickly got ready to attend an iftar dinner, throwing on my hoodie, sweatpants and a jersey headscarf — definitely not a day for being fancy. I was looking forward to taking a short walk and catching up with friends at the Interfaith Center, when I was suddenly surrounded and grabbed by a swarm of ...

NEW: Rümeysa Öztürk shares details about being detained after writing an op-ed for the Tufts Daily. https://loom.ly/qz4G7Pk

"Writing is one of the most peaceful ways of communication that I am aware of... Writing is the heart of freedom of expression."

Let’s hope we don’t have to worry about this. (OK, some of us are already worried about this.)

NEW: SPLC and 18 other organizations write to @columbiauniversity.bsky.social and @barnard-college.bsky.social expressing deep concern over their recent treatment of student journalists. Read the letter ➡️ splc.org/2025/05/coal...

Federal court rules Rümeysa Öztürk must be transferred to detention in Vermont Rümeysa Öztürk has been detained at a federal facility in Louisiana after being arrested on the street in Sommerville, Massachusetts on March 25 by six plainclothes agents of Immigration and Customs E...

Rümeysa Öztürk has spent more than 40 days in detention for the 'crime' of writing a student newspaper op-ed. Today, an appeals court ordered her return to Vermont so she can make her case for release. www.npr.org/2025/05/07/g...

“'These are not easy editorial decisions, but these are not normal times,' the nonprofit Student Press Law Center said in an April 4 alert... The nonprofit reported a 39% increase in requests to its legal hotline in March versus last year, with April on track to match that rise."

Fearing Trump’s Visa Crackdown, College Students Race to Scrub Op-Eds Campus newspapers confront ethics debates as foreign students ask that their names and views be removed from past articles.

FEAR ON CAMPUS: "Now, dozens of editors, at publications ranging from the Stanford Daily to the Alligator at the University of Florida, say students are asking to be anonymized or erased from published content..." www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

⚠️ NEW: The nation's student media groups issue an unprecedented alert warning of threats to student speech and recommending student editors revisit their policies on takedowns and anonymity. Read the alert: splc.org/2025/04/stud...

To be fair, we did this very quickly with mostly those orgs who proactively reached out to us. So don’t take non-signees necessarily as silence.

Kentucky Student Journalists Fight For Press Freedom With New Voices Bill Advocating for Senate Bill 40, students push to end censorship and restore First Amendment rights in schools

"Kentucky student journalists are not giving up the fight to be heard as we address everyday issues in our community, amplify the voices of the people, and tell meaningful stories." www.leoweekly.com/news/kentuck...

New Voices - Student Press Law Center New Voices is a student-powered nonpartisan grassroots movement of state-based activists who seek to protect student press freedom with state laws. These laws counteract the impact of the 1988 Hazelwo...

Learn more about New Voices: splc.org/new-voices/

Student journalists in Kentucky push for new protections for press in New Voices bill Student journalists are advocating for the New Voices bill that is in the Kentucky Senate. It would limit censorship.

Love to see student journalists' voices and #studentpressfreedom on my local news! Write to your Kentucky legislator asking them to support SB40. www.whas11.com/article/news...

Student journalists are more important than ever, but they also face growing threats to their free press rights. For #StudentPressFreedom Day, we wrote for @poynterinstitute.bsky.social seven things to know about the student press.

Let's dive in! ⤵️ 🧵

I guess it’s a sign that Bluesky has officially arrived now that @splc.org is getting mistaken as @splcenter.org here. Somehow we made it until this week!

Wow, more than 200 people have donated over the past few weeks because they believe in the power of student journalism and the First Amendment. Will you join them and help push us over the top of our end-of-year goal? secure.givelively.org/donate/stude...

When student journalists need help defending their rights and reporting important stories, SPLC has their backs. Will you help us continue and expand this work in 2025? Give today ➡️ loom.ly/MGy0VC8

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Should a Student Reporter Face Prosecution for Embedding with Protesters? Dilan Gohill won an award for his work at the Stanford Daily, but his coverage of campus protests has set university officials against him.

Six months after his arrest, Stanford Daily journalist Dilan Gohill still faces potential charges and campus discipline. He spoke with @columjournreview.bsky.social about the experience: loom.ly/XXHIEws

It's beyond disappointing that Dilan still lives in uncertainty for documenting history.

For 50 years now, student journalists have had @splc.org in their corner, and it's only because of people like you and me donating to make it happen. Will you join me in defending the rights of student journalists this #GivingTuesday?

If you’re in need of some inspiration, these amazing students can help ⬇️

Beckwith alleges ‘covert’ funding, suppression at IU during interview with IDS: Read the transcript Beckwith participated in the interview one day after he threatened IDS in an X post.

Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith threatens the Indiana Daily Student. idsnews.com/article/2024...

🗣️ Let's be clear: The First Amendment prohibits content-based retaliation. And if your goal is a student press that reflects various viewpoints, we can assure you government interference is not the answer.