College Suspends Professor for Urging Solidarity Between Christians and Muslims
Wheaton College wants professors to explain differences between Christianity, Islam.
Free Speech
Facebook Check Wouldn't Have Stopped San Bernardino Terrorists, No Matter What GOP Candidates Say
Did an Obama-administration policy prevent the feds from looking at Tashfeen Malik's social-media profiles? Yes and no.
Are Pro-Palestinian Students the Biggest Losers in the Campus Free Speech Wars?
George Washington University demanded student take down his Palestinian flag.
Backpage.com Sues Federal Government Over SAVE Act
Following a First Amendment win against Illinois Sheriff Tom Dart, Backpage.com has filed a civil action against the U.S. Attorney General.
Secret Watchlists and Body Searches: Yes. Social Media Post Reviews: No. Our DHS in Action.
Baffling contradictions about privacy or just old-fashioned blame-shifting?
Emory Students Want Professors Evaluated on Number of Microaggressions They Commit
Students say microaggressions are 'racist actions' and should be punished.
Post Office Says Marijuana Ads Make Periodicals 'Nonmailable'
The legal justifications for the ban seem dubious.
Report: Campus Free Speech Might Be Spreading, But the Federal Government Wants to Stop That
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education releases update on campus speech codes.
GWU Police Ordered a Student to Remove the Palestinian Flag from His Dorm Window
How the language of 'safe spaces' can be used to silence political speech.
How Hate Speech Laws Actually Work
An instructive example out of Kenya (and a few from our own backyard)
Your Presidential Frontrunners Discuss the Internet
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton: compare 'n' contrast
Howard Dean Is Glad That Yale Prof Is Done Teaching, Because 'Respecting Others' Trumps 'Free Speech'
Erika Christakis was respecting her students when she told them the truth.
Feds Overreach on Election Regulation
The FEC claims authority over regulating press coverage of elections.
Colorado College Suspends Student for 2 Years. His Crime? Telling a Stupid Joke.
Guilty of 'abusive behavior,' 'disruption of college activities'
Donate to Reason, Because Unlike Obama, Clinton, and Modern Democrats, We Don't React to Murder by Scapegoating Free Speech
While Loretta Lynch goes after 'anti-Muslim rhetoric,' Reason goes after pols who would crack down on free expression
Ultimate Victim Blaming? NY Daily News Col Compares San Berdoo Killer w Victim
Words are words and bullets are bullets. You'd expect journalists to understand that.
Free Speech for Pro-Lifers
The ideals of freedom and autonomy must be put back at the heart of the pro-choice agenda. Let's start by defending the right of the pro-life side to say whatever it wants.
Doctor Could Go to Jail for Saying Turkish President Looks Like Gollum, But Is That an Insult?
The good, the bad, and the Gollum.
Michigan Activist Faces 5 Years in Prison for Distributing Jury Nullification Pamphlets
A judge claims freedom of speech is a felony.
Donate to Reason! Because Judges Cite Our Work When Telling Government to Back the Hell Off
Your tax-deductible donations helped produce a legal free-speech victory just this week
How Trigger Warnings Protect Religious Dogma in the Classroom
Survey says: Not an epidemic, still cause for concern.
Stop Using the Mentally Ill to Advance Your Ideology
Fear of a small group of unpredictable people is used to attack political opponents.
Donate to Reason Right the Hell Now, Because #GivingTuesday, and/or Woodchippers!
This here libertarian nonprofit should fit snugly into your meme
Gangsta Rap Is Free Speech
Decades after Straight Outta Compton, rappers are still fighting for free expression.
Backpage.com Wins First Amendment Victory Against Censorious Sheriff
A federal appeals court tells Tom Dart to stop threatening payment processors that do business with the classified-ad site.
How Responsible is the (Pro-Life or Black Lives Matter) Movement for (the Planned Parenthood Shooting or Cop Killings)?
Using criminal actions to discredit broader movements is toxic, and will probably be used against you too.
College President Cancels Classes over Threats, Which He Confuses with 'Hate Speech'
Does Western Washington University's head even know the difference?
Exclusive: Occidental Professors Voting to Give Students Power to Report Them for Microaggressions
Would also mandate diversity training
Millennials More Likely to Support Censorship of Offensive Speech Than Older Americans
Libertarians must make the case that free speech is the cornerstone of civilized society.
Smith College Students Say Journalists Must Swear Vow of Loyalty to Their Cause
'By taking a neutral stance, journalists and media are being complacent in our fight.'
Conservatives Really Want to Believe Hillary Clinton's Campaign Threatened a Comedy Club Owner
A thinly-sourced story about a rogue Clinton campaign staffer goes viral.
Google Offers to Defend Against Some Bad YouTube Takedown Demands
Attempting to protect fair use from copyright claim abuse
John Kerry's Shamefully Familiar Victim-Blaming: Matt Welch on Tonight's Kennedy
Fox Business Network at 8 p.m. ET. Show also includes Glenn Greenwald!
In Defense of Yik Yak, "The Crack Cocaine" of Social Media!
Demonized as catering to racists and stalkers, the social media service actually provides comfort and the good kind of safe spaces.
Why Student Activists Need Free Speech: What to learn from Mizzou and Yale
Student attacks on the First Amendment are misguided and counterproductive.
College Students Want to Make Everything Free Except Their Minds
Why activists at Yale, Missouri, Claremont McKenna, Amherst, and everywhere else need free speech.
On Campus Free Speech, the Bad Guys Have Won [UPDATED]
So warns FIRE President Greg Lukianoff, in a must-read new 2012 interview
Can We Take A Joke? Standup Comedy vs. Political Correctness
A new doc featuring Penn Jillette, Gilbert Gottfried, Adam Carolla, & Lisa Lampanelli asks why comedy is treated differently that other forms of expression.
Telling People to Ignore Insults Isn't Dismissive of Their Plight
Missouri students shouldn't live in fear of bad words.
University of Missouri Cops Tell Students to Report 'Hurtful Speech' to the Police
Mizzou admins, cops shouldn't censors hate speech.
Students at Yale, Missouri Beg College Administrators to Play Mommy and Daddy
In loco parentis returns: Yale and Mizzou students want to be treated like kids again
