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Carrie Menkel-Meadow: Freedom of Speech and Freedom to Protest
Who has the right to speak how and when? The Stanford Law School controversy has lessons for all of us.
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Ken Cloke: Free Speech on Campus: What Colleges and Universities Can Do - And Lorelie Kelly on How Universities Can Strengthen our Democratic System
There are no judicial or military solutions to the wars being fought around the world, or on our campuses. Our only choice is to learn to live together by settling, transforming, or transcending our conflicts.
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Tolerating Intolerance: The Free Speech Paradox
An exploration of one of the toughest challenges facing efforts to build a diverse democracy based on mutual tolerance -- the unwillingness of some people to tolerate political opponents.
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Free Speech Limits
In the United States, both the Democrats and the Republicans are trying to limit the speech of the other. And Europe is even worse. There you can be arrested for things you post on the Internet that are critical of local authorities.
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Protect Freedom of Speech While Opposing Deceptive Propaganda and Censorship
There is a fine line between freedom of speech, censorship, and control of disinformation and propaganda. These resources discuss how to walk that fine line.
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Free Speech Advocates
Free Speech Advocates defend the free flow of information between people with different perspectives and different sources of information.
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Are Free Speech and Inclusion at Odds on College Campuses?
A comprehensive survey of 2,618 U.S. college students reveals stark divisions in their views on freedom of expression, cancel culture, and the weighing of social justice values against free speech.
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When DEI Measures Crush Free Speech
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Pronouns, Pluralism, and the Problem of Free Speech in Public Schools
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Free speech doesn't mean hecklers get to shut down campus debate
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Free Speech for Me but Not for Thee
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Free speech or out of order? As meetings grow wild, officials try to tame public comment.
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Free Speech Doesn't Mean Free Rein to Shout Down Others
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Here's the Long List of Topics Republicans Want Banned From the Classroom
Amid free speech concerns about Republican efforts to ban the teaching of certain topics, a reasonably impartial look at what, exactly, they are trying to ban.
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Free speech is in trouble
From Nate Silver, a detailed look at a major new poll exploring what young people really think about free speech.
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New Hate Speech Laws Threaten Freedom Across the West
An update on how efforts to control hate speech may be undermining the most foundational of all our freedoms -- the freedom to think and speak one's mind.