Sessions Reaffirms Trump Admin’s Commitment to Protecting Speech on Campus

Sessions: 'Freedom of speech and thought have come most under attack on the college campus'

Haris Alic
September 18, 2018 4:58 AM

Attorney General Jeff Sessions reaffirmed the Trump administration’s commitment to protecting and advancing First Amendment freedoms on college campuses during a free speech in higher education forum at the Department of Justice on Monday.

Dem Senator: Nice Twitter You Got There. It’d Be a Shame If Something Happened to It.

Alex Griswold
August 28, 2018 4:45 PM

Over at The Volokh Conspiracy, UCLA law professor and free speech attorney Eugene Volokh calls attention to an op-ed by Senator Ron Wyden published in TechCrunch last week headlined “The consequences of indecency.” The Oregon Democrat warned that “There are real consequences to social media hosting radically indecent speech, and those consequences are looming.”

Are the Kids Alright?

Feature: Heterodox Academy's 2018 Open Mind Conference

Charles Fain Lehman
June 19, 2018 11:25 AM

NEW YORK CITY—Dozens gathered at the New York Times's event center just off of Times Square on Friday for the first annual Open Mind conference, a meeting of luminaries organized by Heterodox Academy (or HxA, as it is styled) to discuss why, exactly, America's campuses are growing more hostile to speech.

Hillary Clinton to Be Paid Much Less at Rutgers Than Past University Speeches

Former Dem presidential nominee will receive $25,000, about $200,000 less than average 2014 fee

Cameron Cawthorne
March 29, 2018 1:08 PM

Two-time failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is set to give a paid speech at Rutgers University on Thursday, but she will rake in significantly less money than what she received in 2014 to deliver speeches at UCLA and other campuses.

McMaster Condemns Syrian Regime ‘Atrocities’ in Speech at Holocaust Memorial Museum

Jack Heretik
March 16, 2018 11:21 AM

Kennedy Explains Multiple Democratic SOTU Responses: Party Is ‘Big Tent Party’

Jack Heretik
January 31, 2018 8:47 AM

University of Colorado Considers Overhauling Policies to Support Free Speech

Graham Piro
January 19, 2018 3:41 PM

The University of Colorado is considering changes to its speech codes to encourage students and staff to engage with potentially "wrong or insensitive" speech rather than suppress it.

Columbia Professor: Speech From Right-Wing Politician Constituted ‘An Act of Violence’

Alex Griswold
October 23, 2017 4:55 PM

A professor at Columbia University recently argued that he was justified in shutting down a speech by a far-right British politician because his speech represented an act of violence.

Turley Warns of ‘Reckless and Chilling’ Attacks on Free Speech by Regulating Drudge, Other Websites

Katelyn Caralle
October 20, 2017 1:49 PM

Jonathan Turley, a noted law professor at George Washington University and a leading liberal voice, has joined conservatives in condemning Democratic efforts to regulate political speech on the internet.

Kirkus Retracts Review of Novel About Persecution of Muslims Due to ‘Sensitivity’

Paul Crookston
October 16, 2017 8:01 PM

Kirkus Reviews retracted a starred review of the forthcoming novel American Heart after the book became the center of an online imbroglio for its supposed insensitivity toward Muslims.