Free Speech

A pro-Palestinian speaker's visit to give a talk last week put Bethlehem Public Library policies under the microscope.

This Thursday and Friday, UAlbany will host a symposium entitled “Free Speech and Civil Discourse: Our Rights, Our Responsibilities” as a prelude to Constitution Day. Faculty, students, guests and members of the UAlbany community will join with Albany Law School to consider the intersection of free speech, advocacy, civil discourse and knowledge. We are joined by UAlbany President Havidan Rodriguez and V.P. of Student Affairs and co-chair of the symposium committee Michael Christakis.

PEN America's Jonathan Friedman explains how challenges of school library books might impact free speech and public education as a whole.

Dr. Lucas Morel, head of the politics department at Washington & Lee University, joined the Academic Freedom Alliance when it was founded in March 2021.

A new poll finds Americans increasingly worried about free speech rights.

"The First: How to Think About Hate Speech, Campus Speech, Religious Speech, Fake News, Post-Truth, and Donald Trump" is a new book from public…

P. E. Moskowitz is the author of "How to Kill a City." A former staff writer for Al Jazeera America, they have written for publications including the…

Ulrich Baer was educated at Harvard and Yale and has been awarded John Simon Guggenheim, DAAD, Paul Getty, and Alexander von Humboldt Fellowships. He is…

Municipalities in Massachusetts are being urged to review their ordinances that regulate signs.This follows a legal challenge to an effort by the city…

As the president of the student group Uncomfortable Learning at Williams College, Zachary Wood knows all about intellectual controversy. From John…