Free speech is important, and in a public space like a college campus, it is even more important that free speech is ...

The recent assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk prompted celebration from many people on social media, suggesting a large subculture that rejects the values of free speech. Free speech ...

Recent events have brought the issue of free speech to the fore yet again. It’s such a basic feature of American life that we sometimes take it for granted. But it’s worth it to consider for a moment ...

Once, upon being asked to name the most beautiful of all things, Diogenes the Cynic (d. 323 BCE) replied parrhesia, which in Greek means something like “free speech” or “full expression”. In the ...

Speech is an action. Voltaire once wrote to a friend, “I write in order to act.” We speak and publish to have effects in the world. Free speech doctrine — especially in its hardest American form — ...

What are the politics of free speech? A new history explores the political limits as well as possibilities of freedom of speech. Angelo Herndon, whose conviction for a crime related to free speech was ...

In 1977, American Nazis fought for the right to march in Skokie, Illinois—a town filled with Holocaust survivors—and won. Nearly fifty years later, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel was suspended for jokes ...

Yona Faedda’s case is an instance of growing speech restrictions in Europe. Why has the U.S. been able to safeguard ...