Intro

In the week of July 4th Rural Remix takes a look at the first amendment via Federal Communications Commissioner Anna Gomez visit to the Appalachian town of Fleming-Neon, Kentucky. On June 18, 2025 Gomez went to the rural stop on her nationwide tour to protect the First Amendment. The event was hosted by the Center for Rural Strategies, which publishes the Daily Yonder, and featured a panel of experts who spoke to the five First Amendment freedoms: speech, religion, press, the right to assemble, and the right to petition the government.