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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.
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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
University of Missouri President Just Resigned: What It Means for the Campus Speech Wars
No competent educator can give students the false sense of security they desire.
Watch Students Tell Yale to Fire a Staffer Who Upset Their Safe Space
Yale just became ground zero in the campus free speech wars.
Law Students Wrote This Unconstitutional, Ungrammatical Speech Code: 'Do Not Comment Despairingly on Others'
University of Missouri School of Law students told to self-censor on social media.
You'll Never Guess Which Students Want a Pro-Gay Film Screening Cancelled Because It's Too Offensive
Colorado College queer students think 'Stonewall' film promotes violence.
Why Did San Francisco's Last Gun Shop Close Its Doors?
High Bridge Arms gun shop refused to handover customer information to police.
Trigger or Treat: Halloween Is Filled With Uncomfortable Images
Halloween is all about frightening ourselves with death, dying, and the undead.
The Campus Halloween Costume Wars Reveal That College Free Speech Is Undead
Criticize offensive costumes. Don't prohibit them.
Even Salon Thinks Trigger Warnings Have Ruined College
A 'sex in film' professor fails to make her classroom a safe space.
Justice Kennedy on Citizens United: 'The New York Times Was Incensed Their Little Monopoly to Affect Our Thinking Was Taken Away'
Justice Kennedy defends his vote in the free speech case.
Shadow-Censorship on Social Media Sparks New Concerns for Open-Internet Advocates
The digital censors of tomorrow will control information by secretly limiting or obscuring the ways that people can access it online.
School Investigates Teacher Over Kanye West Costume, and That's Absurd
It's okay. You can make fun of Kanye West. Can't you?
Feminist Groups Say Using Social-Media App Yik Yak Without Seeing Mean Words Is a Civil Right
Someone somewhere on the Internet is mean! Call in the federal government!
New Poll: Most Students Favor Mandatory Trigger Warnings, Speech Codes
First Amendment is outdated, students say
Anti-Feminist Speaker Suzanne Venker Reinvited to Speak at Williams College, Declines
Hosts were uncomfortable caving to the discomforted
High School Bans Pro-Trump Stuff and American Flags! Except No, It Absolutely Did Not
School says feel free to bring your "make America great again" hats.
Cardiff Students Want Feminist Germaine Greer Disinvited from Campus and You Already Know Why
Doesn't agree with modern left on transgender issues
How Sexual Harassment Codes Threaten Academic Freedom
'Gender justice' warriors in the Department of Education are pushing campus officials too far.
