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
A restrictionist mentality is taking over certain segments of the left.
Jun 7, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich
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
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
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
The job of regulating incendiary discourse belongs to democratically elected governments, not powerful private interests.
Jan 13, 2021 / Editorial / Jeet Heer for The Nation
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
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
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
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