History Bites March 2026 – Freedoms Series: Freedom of the Press with Dr. Sam Lebovic

Lunch for Your Brain! 

How do George Mason’s ideas connect to our modern democracy? How have Americans used their rights to express themselves?  Tune in at 12:30 p.m. for this 30-minute program on the third Wednesday of each month.  You’ll have a chance to engage with topics ranging from activism and protest to the right to healthcare, and discover how the roots of our current conversations were planted 250 years ago.  If you have questions for our speakers, please send them to [email protected] in advance of the program with the name of the speaker in the subject line of your email.

Sam Lebovic is Professor of History at George Mason University, where he teaches broadly in the history of U.S. politics, culture, civil liberties, and foreign relations, and also serves as co-editor of the Journal of Social History.  He is the author of three books, including the award-winning Free Speech and Unfree News (2016) and State of Silence (2023), which was named a best book of 2023 by the New Yorker and was a finalist for the ABA’s Silver Gavel Award.

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