Free Speech

“It’s been a very painful week to me, getting this onslaught of emails and calling us Nazis.”

In today’s hyperpartisan political climate, protecting free speech is perhaps more important than ever before.

Students want white supremacist Dan Kleve expelled for safety reasons.

Bannon will be the third former Trump official to speak at the University of Chicago since the election.

Plastering a "Fuck Trump" sticker on a truck is against the law, a Texas sheriff is claiming.

Crisis Pregnancy Centers are arguing a California state law requiring them to provide women with information about abortion infringes on their First Amendment rights.

The attorney general said the Justice Department will advocate for students involved in free speech lawsuits.

“Free Speech Week” could be the seventh event in the city to stir tensions across the political divide since Trump's election win.

The ACLU has decided to defend people that many of its supporters dislike.

The Wisconsin State Assembly recently passed a campus speech bill that would require public colleges and universities to punish students who disrupt campus speakers.

Vietnam's Communist government is accused of a draconian crackdown on free speech.

Legal experts have expressed concern about the future implications of Friday’s involuntary manslaughter guilty verdict for Michelle Carter.

The Young America's Foundation and Berkeley College Republicans filed a lawsuit Monday over Coulter's upcoming speech at the college.

Trump took aim at a long-standing statutory barrier between politics and religion called the Johnson Amendment.

Trump's threat in a tweet provoked a response from California lawmakers, who in discussions on the floor of the state senate called it distasteful and an abuse of power.

Bills have been introduced over the past month in states including North Dakota, Indiana and Iowa that would impose measures such as harsher penalties for demonstrators who disrupt traffic, and scrapping punishment for drivers who unintentionally strike protesters blocking their vehicles.

Since Erdogan’s presidency began, state prosecutors have launched 1,845 lawsuits against Turkish citizens, many of them journalists, for insulting the president of Turkey.

Concerned that social media posts are fueling a series of lone-wolf attacks, Israel is increasing online monitoring—and further angering young Palestinians.

The Saudi thought police won’t tolerate heresies, such as suggesting that women be allowed to drive.

Most students do their speaking/thinking in the unsafe spaces of the pub or the sports field.

Can the First Amendment survive higher education?

Imogen Wilson, 22, was accused of violating “safe space” at a council meeting at Edinburgh University.

Students complain party theme encourages 'cultural appropriation.'

Modi’s Hindu nationalism comes under scrutiny after a student is locked up for “anti-India” remarks.

The gay rights campaigner explains his views on free speech.

We need to separate legitimate free speech from online abuses that threaten the lives of others.

Simply because speech may be used for unlawful purposes doesn’t mean it loses constitutional protection.