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Free Speech
Free Speech news and analysis from The Nation
July 10, 2020
Just because some who complain about censorship are hypocrites, privileged elitists, or defensive bigots, that doesn’t mean we should abandon the ideal of robust debate.
April 1, 2020
Even while they move back home or look for a new place to live, adjust to online learning, and look for extra income, student journalists are still reporting.
January 22, 2020
Advocacy groups say attacks on the press are on the rise—particularly in Bolsonaro’s Brazil.
December 19, 2019
It is not anti-Semitism to criticize a state for enshrining inequality.
November 8, 2019
Universities are not taking seriously Beijing’s efforts to stifle free speech on campus.
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October 16, 2019
In the name of free speech, universities are suppressing student protests in increasingly draconian ways.
September 4, 2019
Bedbugs like to hide in small cracks and crevices—but they can’t get into safe spaces.
August 20, 2019
How far-right operatives manufactured the “crisis” of free speech with books, think tanks—and billions of dollars.
August 13, 2019
The group’s legal win is also a triumph against the nationwide right-wing push to suppress any free speech that criticizes Israel.
May 20, 2019
A spate of attacks from DC to Berkeley show how far the right will go to shut down free expression.
