Free Speech

Supreme Court

Dark Money, the Supreme Court, and the Fate of LGBTQ+ Rights Dark Money, the Supreme Court, and the Fate of LGBTQ+ Rights

The NAACP, the ACLU, and the Human Rights Campaign—the country’s largest LGBTQ+ political organization—have all joined forces with the Koch network–funded Americans for Prosperity ...

Jun 21, 2021 / Joanna Wuest and Briana Last

When Sensitivity Becomes Censorship

When Sensitivity Becomes Censorship When Sensitivity Becomes Censorship

A restrictionist mentality is taking over certain segments of the left.

Jun 7, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich

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I Will Not Be Silenced Because I Demand Justice for Palestine I Will Not Be Silenced Because I Demand Justice for Palestine

Like many Palestinians, I have been attacked and punished for criticizing Israel. Now I’m filing a civil rights complaint against my university for encouraging those attacks.

May 20, 2021 / Ahmad Omar Daraldik

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Fox News Should Pay for the Lies and Slander It Helped Promote Fox News Should Pay for the Lies and Slander It Helped Promote

The media giant is facing a $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit from voting machine maker Smartmatic—and it’s prepared to play ruthless legal hardball to win.

Feb 11, 2021 / Elie Mystal

The High Cost of Quieting Down Trump

The High Cost of Quieting Down Trump The High Cost of Quieting Down Trump

In a misguided effort to create the illusion of balance, centrist institutions are silencing voices that make conservatives mad.

Jan 25, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Tech Giants Can’t Be Trusted to Police Speech

Tech Giants Can’t Be Trusted to Police Speech Tech Giants Can’t Be Trusted to Police Speech

The job of regulating incendiary discourse belongs to democratically elected governments, not powerful private interests.

Jan 13, 2021 / Editorial / Jeet Heer for The Nation

Julian Assange supporters celebrate outside, one holding a sign that says

Ruling Assange Can’t Be Extradited Is an Indictment of US Prisons Ruling Assange Can’t Be Extradited Is an Indictment of US Prisons

But the British court judgment, which is likely to be appealed, also delivers a body blow to freedom of speech.

Jan 5, 2021 / Charles Glass

JK Rowling

The Left Needs to Reclaim Free Speech The Left Needs to Reclaim Free Speech

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.

Jul 10, 2020 / Jeet Heer

UCLA

Campuses Are Closed, but Student Journalists Are Still Working Campuses Are Closed, but Student Journalists Are Still Working

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.

Apr 1, 2020 / no-paywall / Rebecca Duke Wiesenberg

Glenn Greenwald in Brazil

Why Glenn Greenwald’s Prosecution Is an Outrage Why Glenn Greenwald’s Prosecution Is an Outrage

Advocacy groups say attacks on the press are on the rise—particularly in Bolsonaro’s Brazil.

Jan 22, 2020 / Blog / Ken Klippenstein

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