Free Speech

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…

Joe Donahue speaks with Chris Kluwe (author, gamer, nerd - and football player) about his book, Beautifully Unique Sparkleponies: On Myths, Morons, Free…

Since 1971, when the Pentagon Papers were leaked to the New York Times and furious debate over First Amendment rights ensued, free-speech cases have…