The legal case that serves as a sort of prehistory of the First Amendment will be dramatized and discussed at the James T.

HUDSON — The Jacob Leisler Institute for the Study of Early New York History will launch its 2026 Leisler Lecture series with a talk on the historic John Peter Zenger trial, a foundational moment in ...

President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News is reminiscent of an attack on the free press nearly 300 years ago, when the Zenger trial ended in a not guilty verdict for the printer of the ...

1735 was a pivotal year in New York. That year saw newspaper printer John Peter Zenger tried for seditious libel in New York's Supreme Court. At the time, the English government ran the only newspaper ...

How P.S. 18 John Peter Zenger compares with other schools. (100 = state median) Percentage of students who pass each year. (Levels 3 and 4) Percentage of students who are advanced proficient. (Level 4 ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News reminded me of a famous legal case ...

President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against CBS News reminded me of a famous legal case that I teach my journalism students each semester at Boise State University. It’s known as the Zenger trial. The ...