Free Speech

Civil Liberties

High-School Students Respect First Amendment More Than Their Elders Do—Especially Teachers

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 9.18.2014 12:45 PM

Civil Liberties

FIRE to Colleges: Happy Constitution Day! Now Respect Free Speech Already

Robby Soave | 9.17.2014 10:10 PM

Politics

Actually, Senators, You're the Ones Who Threaten the Country

Americans' right to free speech should not be proportionate to their political power.

David Harsanyi | 9.12.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Federal Judge Strikes Down Ohio 'False' Speech Law, Rules for Susan B. Anthony List

Damon Root | 9.12.2014 11:24 AM

Politics

Senate Democrats Fail to Amend the First Amendment

Jacob Sullum | 9.11.2014 7:24 PM

Consumer Freedom

You're Now Free to Yelp About How Terrible Everything Is in California

Scott Shackford | 9.11.2014 2:05 PM

Civil Liberties

Trigger Warnings a Threat to Academic Freedom, Says AAUP

Robby Soave | 9.11.2014 1:02 PM

Politics

"Welcome to College. Now Please Stop Thinking."

Nick Gillespie | 9.10.2014 4:45 PM

Civil Liberties

Berkeley Chancellor: Free Speech Is Great and All, But…

Robby Soave | 9.9.2014 11:58 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Tim Carney on Obama's New War, Killer Mike on Ray Rice, Peter Suderman on Spiking ER Visits, Kmele Foster on the iWatch, Plus Berkeley Anti-Speech Movement, Sudbury School, and Aftershow

Matt Welch | 9.9.2014 8:23 PM

Politics

Al Franken Misrepresents the Censorship Power Democrats Are Demanding

Jacob Sullum | 9.9.2014 7:26 PM

Policy

Michelle Obama Joins Upworthy. You'll Never–Oh Forget It.

Zenon Evans | 9.9.2014 11:00 AM

Politics

Americans Say: Curb Election Spending, But Absolutely No Curbs on Speech

The latest Reason-Rupe poll finds the public supports efforts to curb corruption in political elections but opposes methods that may infringe on free speech in the process.

Emily Ekins | 9.9.2014 9:45 AM

Policy

Senate Votes to Consider Speech-Restricting Constitutional Amendment

Jacob Sullum | 9.8.2014 8:01 PM

Politics

F*ck Canada! Ir*ny is a Four-Letter Word at Colleges Up There!

Nick Gillespie | 9.8.2014 3:38 PM

Civil Liberties

Kentucky Man Arrested for 'Terroristic Threatening' After Posting Thrash Metal Lyrics to Facebook

Damon Root | 9.5.2014 1:27 PM

Policy

Guy Tells Bad Joke, Finds Himself in LAPD Sniper Scope

Zenon Evans | 9.4.2014 3:55 PM

Politics

"Hacked Celebrity Pics Should Not Be an Excuse To Throttle Our Free and Open Internet"

Nick Gillespie | 9.4.2014 1:57 PM

Policy

High Times Challenges Colorado's Restrictions on Pot-Related Speech

Why wouldn't a marijuana business advertise in the flagship magazine of the cannabis counterculture?

Jacob Sullum | 9.1.2014 10:00 AM

Policy

Legalize It, but Don't Advertise It: High Times Fights Colorado's Restrictions on Marijuana-Related Speech

Jacob Sullum | 8.29.2014 10:15 AM

Policy

Federal Appeals Court Endorses a Heckler's Veto of Provocative Preaching

Jacob Sullum | 8.28.2014 8:10 PM

Video Games

Amazon's Purchase of Twitch Prompts Culture to Briefly Acknowledge Video Games Are Big Deal

Scott Shackford | 8.27.2014 11:50 AM

Politics

College is an Irony-Free Zone: "So you want to date a T.A." Edition

Nick Gillespie | 8.27.2014 9:53 AM

Civil Liberties

Harassment Charges for Student Who… Told Joke [Gasp!]

Robby Soave | 8.26.2014 2:53 PM

Civil Liberties

Your Tax Dollars Are Funding a Database of Political Tweets, 'Misinformation'

If you Tweet this story, please watch your manners, get all you facts straight, and don't create any inorganic memes. Thanks.

Robby Soave | 8.25.2014 5:57 PM

Politics

Powerful: Egyptian Feminists Literally Shit, Bleed on ISIL Flag (NSFW)

Nick Gillespie | 8.25.2014 5:50 PM

Politics

Facebook Gets Its First Revenge Porn Lawsuit

Amanda Winkler | 8.24.2014 5:00 PM

Politics

California Government Bans Itself from Flying Confederate Flag

Zenon Evans | 8.22.2014 3:00 PM

Policy

Anything You Don't Say Will Be Used Against You

California just decided your silence sounds awfully guilty.

Steven Greenhut | 8.22.2014 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

NIU Says Crazy Internet Policy Doesn't Apply to Students, But It Does!

Robby Soave | 8.21.2014 5:40 PM

Civil Liberties

Orwellian University Blocks Students' Access to Harmful Sites, For 'Civility'

Robby Soave | 8.21.2014 9:10 AM

Charity/Philanthropy

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Gets to George W. Bush, Raising Awareness For ALS, Not Plight of Medical Marijuana Patients

Ed Krayewski | 8.20.2014 2:47 PM

Policy

New York Cops Know People Have a Right to Record Them; They Just Don't Care

Jacob Sullum | 8.20.2014 12:37 PM

Civil Liberties

Say What?

Charles Oliver | 8.19.2014 6:00 AM

Civil Liberties

Brickbat: Say What?

Charles Oliver | 8.19.2014 6:00 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ferguson, Iraq, the Right to Try Drugs, the 'Greatest Threat' to Press Freedom, Plus Andrea Tantaros and Sexy Aftershow

Matt Welch | 8.18.2014 8:20 PM

Policy

No Fucking Way: Woman Arrested for Cursing in Grocery Store

Jacob Sullum | 8.18.2014 1:16 PM

Civil Liberties

Obama is 'the greatest enemy to press freedom in a generation,' says Targeted New York Times Reporter

J.D. Tuccille | 8.18.2014 10:55 AM

Michael Brown

Midnight Curfew Approaching in Ferguson, Missouri

Ed Krayewski | 8.17.2014 12:04 AM

Social Media

Quick Note to Cops About Twitter: You Don't Control It, Shouldn't Try

Ed Krayewski | 8.14.2014 3:14 PM

Policy

Googly-Eyed Santas, Rude Frogs, and Other Adventures in Beer Label Censorship

Jacob Sullum | 8.13.2014 11:48 AM

Policy

Campaign Finance Curbs and Bipartisan Censorship

Censorship is a bipartisan affair.

Steve Chapman | 8.11.2014 7:00 AM

Politics

Complexity Without Conspiracy: Politics Harder to Produce Than a Pencil

Get in the weeds, not the sensationalism

Luke Wachob | 8.10.2014 1:30 PM

Hate Speech

Australia Drops Opportunity to Scale Back Hate Speech Laws

Scott Shackford | 8.7.2014 11:20 AM

Policy

Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales on Censorship of Internet Search Results: 'History Is a Human Right'

Jacob Sullum | 8.6.2014 4:03 PM

Civil Liberties

Monica Jones Takes 'Manifesting Prostitution' Challenge to Arizona Supreme Court

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 8.6.2014 2:45 PM

Civil Liberties

Man Says Airport Rifle Was Intended as 'Political Statement'

Reason Staff | 8.5.2014 12:02 PM

Politics

New Jersey Supreme Court: 'Violent, Profane, and Disturbing Rap Lyrics' Inadmissible in Attempted Murder Trial

Damon Root | 8.5.2014 11:14 AM