University of California May Codify Right to Not Be Offended
Intolerant of intolerance
Free Speech
Does Office Depot Have the Right to Refuse to Print Anti-Abortion Fliers?
Chicago-area customer accuses them of religious discrimination.
Kim Davis Should Not Have Been Jailed
The Kentucky county clerk can't use the force of law to further her religious beliefs, but incarceration should be a last resort.
New App for Politically Correcting Your Language
Never again be heteronormative, cissexist, racist, sexist, etc.
Peoria Mayor's Unconstitutional Vendetta Costs Taxpayers $200,000
Jim Ardis was determined to shut down a Twitter parody and punish the man behind it.
Straight Outta Compton Reminds Us Even Scary Speech Is Protected
California prosecutors use rap lyrics during criminal proceedings against aspiring rappers (and not much else).
Denver's Unconstitutional Harassment of Jury Nullification Activists
The city treats handing out pamphlets near a courthouse as a crime.
Famous Twitter Troll James Woods Asks Service for Info on Less-Famous Twitter Troll
The great actor - and outspoken Obama critic - takes on the First Amendment.
Cato Institute Supports Sister Wives Family's Challenge to Utah Polygamy Law
"Spiritual unions" of more than two people should not result in criminal sanctions, say Cato scholars.
Kim Kardashian Posts a 'Corrective Ad' About Morning Sickness Pill on Instagram
Posted as the VMAs started to minimize exposure. Well played.
Two Americans Headed to Prison After Tweeting Support for ISIS
As Reason regulars are all too aware, the feds have been taking a heavier hand lately when it comes to online speech.
Awaited Police Crackdown on Times Square Performers About to Begin?
Topless women in brainless city
For Progressives, First Amendment Comes in Second
Many see it as merely a means to certain ends.
Decades After Straight Outta Compton, Gov't Still Has Rap In Its Crosshairs
Aspiring rap artists have tried to emulate the success of N.W.A. but end up having their lyrics used against them in court.
Virginia State Cop Forced BBC Reporter to Delete Footage of Vester Flanagan Crash Site
The State Police are looking into the incident.
Gov't Tried to Shut Down Rap in Straight Outta Compton, and They're Still Doing It.
Aspiring rappers trying to emulate the success of N.W.A. end up having their rap lyrics used against them in criminal proceedings.
The Next Front in the War on Religious Freedom
Stop bellyaching about Washington. All the country's best fascists are on your local city council.
Denver Police Continue Harassing Jury Nullification Activists, One Day After a Federal Judge Told Them to Cut It Out
According to the cops, a stack of pamphlets is an illegal "encumbrance."
Denver Concedes Distributing Jury Nullification Pamphlets Near a Courthouse Is Constitutionally Protected
But it still won't drop charges against activists arrested for distributing jury nullification pamphlets near a courthouse.
Trigger Warning Advocates Say They're Not For Censorship
Recent article on "The Coddling of the American Mind" stirs up passions about microaggressions and college campus discourse.
Fraternity Writes, 'Hope Your Baby Girl Is Ready for a Good Time.' Anti-Sex Hysteria Ensues.
Sigma Nu's banner is protected speech. And it's not very offensive.
Conservatives Who Won't Read Fun Home Deserve Mockery. But Don't Be a Hypocrite.
Kerfuffle over Duke University summer reading list is a great test of one's commitment to free speech.
Rutgers to Students: No Such Thing as 'Free' Speech, We Are Watching You, 'Think Before You Speak'
Wants students to spy on each other, file reports, provide private information.
Denver City Council Gets Stupid About Chick-Fil-A
Members object to allowing it in the airport because of ex-president's gay marriage opinions.
Can Americans Still Take a Joke? Comedians Say 'No.'
Filmmaker Ted Balaker on the 'outrage mob' and fighting back against the PC zealots.
Make Him Bake Cake?
Compelling participation in gay wedding celebrations turns the oppressed into the oppressors.
Jury Nullification Activists Sue Denver Over Unconstitutional Arrests
FIJA says banning its pamphlets near courthouses violates the First Amendment.
School Tried to Expel a Student For Tweeting Two Words About Kissing a Teacher: 'Actually, Yeah.'
High school kids have free speech rights, too.
Cops Didn't Understand Straight Outta Compton in the '80s and They Don't Today
Rappers are still in a First Amendment fight with law enforcement over their music.
Stomping on Free Speech in Virginia
Local officials in Buchanan, and elsewhere, use regulations to shut their critics, and victims, up.
Denver D.A. Charges Another Activist for Promoting Subversive Ideas
Mitch Morrissey warns that Eric Brandt is still at large and may be armed with jury nullification flyers.
FDA Worried About Kim Kardashian Morning Sickness Post on Instagram
Slaps pharmaceutical company with warning letter.
How Trigger Warnings Make College Students Helpless, Humorless, and Stupid
Cognitive disorders of college students
New Yorker Writer Thinks 'Speech Nuts' Are Like 'Gun Nuts'
Kelefa Sanneh thinks the American devotion to free speech is overrated because there's less of it in Europe.
Defense Distributed Injunction Request Denied in Suppression of Gun-Related Internet Speech Case
Judge not sure that government preventing the distribution of software files related to 3D-printing a pistol violates First or Second Amendment.
Nicholas Kristof Applauds Extralegal Harassment of Backpage.com Because 'Adult' Services Sometimes Involve Minors
The columnist thinks you should go out of business if some of your customers are criminals.
Why the GOP Sucks at Courting Millennials: 'The Selfie Vote' Author Kristen Soltis Anderson
The Republican pollster talks to Nick Gillespie about how to win the hearts and minds of a generation that has yet to realize its own political power.
Second Life Creators Have Not Stopped Believing
VR headsets could give new life to the Second Life concept-for better or worse.
Denver Activist Arrested for Passing Out Pamphlets, Which Apparently Is a Felony in Colorado
Mark Iannicelli could go to prison for advocating jury nullification.
Judge Strikes Down Idaho's 'Ag Gag' Law as Unconstitutional
Dairy protection legislation criminalized secret filming of abusive treatment of farm animals.
'Free speech is not about being sensitive,' Says Chapman University President
Jim Doti speaks out on campus free speech issues and the value of a liberal arts degree.
Growing U.S. Support for Book Banning and Book Ratings Systems
Is the trigger warning crowd to blame?
Speech Police Back Down at University of New Hampshire, But War on Words Is Not Over
It doesn't end with the Bias-Free Language Guide.
Ai Weiwei's Upcoming London Exhibition Will Have Everything But the Dissident Artist Himself
The celebrated Chinese artist was denied a business visa by the British government.
Friday A/V Club: Behind the Buckley/Vidal Debates
Free speech, flags, a police riot, and the other time Bill Buckley called Gore Vidal a queer
