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Free Speech
Free Speech news and analysis from The Nation
January 13, 2021
The job of regulating incendiary discourse belongs to democratically elected governments, not powerful private interests.
January 5, 2021
But the British court judgment, which is likely to be appealed, also delivers a body blow to freedom of speech.
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.
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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.
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.
