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  1. 43 Senators Want to Make It a Federal Crime to Boycott Israeli SettlementsFourteen Democrats co-sponsored a bill that would make supporting a boycott of Israel — or its settlements — punishable by 20 years in prison.
    By Eric Levitz
  2. campus culture wars
    Stop Telling College Students Free Speech Is Traumatizing ThemIf you tell students over and over and over again that certain types of speech are harming them, don’t be surprised when they feel harmed.
    By Jesse Singal
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    Germany Passes Law Penalizing Social Networks for Hate SpeechViolations carry a $57 million fine.
    By Brian Feldman
  4. free speech
    Are People Who Defend Free Speech More Racist?A new study suggests that racist people are eager to embrace unprincipled free-speech defenses of racist speech.
    By Jesse Singal
  5. campus culture wars
    What If College Students Have the Same Views on Free Speech As Everyone Else?A new survey highlights the lack of good empirical evidence to suggest that college students are the free-speech enemies many suppose them to be.
    By Jesse Singal
  6. Fordham University Shows Why Liberals Should Fight for Campus Free SpeechThe school’s attempts to squelch pro-Palestinian advocacy show what happens to liberal causes where free-speech norms are weak.
    By Jesse Singal
  7. The ‘Shut It Down!’ Left and the War on the Liberal MindA noisy, illiberal minority in the progressive movement might not be a minority forever.
    By Jonathan Chait
  8. canceled
    Students Sue UC Berkeley for Canceling Ann Coulter AppearanceThe lawsuit says the university is discriminating against conservative speakers.
    By Theresa Avila
  9. Trump Praises First Amendment, Calls for Media Suppression and Fewer ProtestsThe president told CPAC the media “shouldn’t be allowed” to cite anonymous sources, and suggested people shouldn’t protest after an election.
    By Eric Levitz
  10. Attacking Free Speech Is the Wrong Way to Counter Campus Anti-SemitismA new bipartisan bill designed to respond to anti-Semitic hate has some seriously problematic components from a free-speech perspective.
    By Jesse Singal
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    Do We Want Giant Tech Companies to Be Our Anti-Harassment Overlords?A new Google project highlights the potential for unintended consequences in the fight against harassment.
    By Jesse Singal
  12. free speech
    Why the University of Chicago’s Anti–‘Safe Space’ Letter Is ImportantDid it go a little overboard? Yes. Did it highlight a legitimate issue? Also yes.
    By Jesse Singal
  13. We Followed Twitter Pariah and Gamergate Hero Milo Yiannopoulos Around the RNC“It was the best thing they could ever have done for me,” Yiannopoulos says about the Twitter ban.
    By Kenny Wassus
  14. campus free speech
    How Not to Write About College Students and Free SpeechA new article in The Atlantic does some impressive cherry-picking of student opinion.
    By Jesse Singal
  15. House Republicans Hope to Pass This Bill Before Donald Trump Takes OfficeFor some reason, conservatives trust power-mad tyrant Barack Obama — more than their own nominee — to sign a bill targeting frivolous lawsuits against online speech.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. Germany to Prosecute Comic for Mocking ErdoganA little-known German law takes a very, well, German approach to the question of whether it’s okay to ridicule representatives of other nations.
    By Jesse Singal
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    Software Can Have OpinionsCode counts as speech — not just because it’s text, but because it expresses values.
    By Vijith Assar
  18. Nigerians Protest Social-Media BillEven bad tweets don’t deserve prison time.
    By Brian Feldman
  19. millennials
    40 Percent of Millennials Are Okay With the Government Banning Offensive SpeechThis could help explain what’s going on on campuses.
    By Jesse Singal
  20. hurtful speech
    Mizzou Asks Students to Report ‘Hurtful’ Speech“If possible and if it can be done safely, take a photo of the individual(s) with your cell phone.”
    By Elaine Godfrey
  21. give me liberty or give me baby’s breath
    Out-of-Control Weeds Aren’t Free Speech, Says Judge“The plaintiff’s claim that the free-speech clause insulates all weeds from public control is ridiculous.”
    By Jaime Fuller
  22. scotus
    Are Online ‘Threats’ Illegal? SCOTUS Won’t SayThe court dodged the free-speech issues raised by a case about violent rap lyrics.
    By Cristian Farias
  23. free speech
    Photos: The Writers Who Did Attend the PEN Gala“I think if people have died for their art, the least you could do is get their story right,” said Salman Rushdie. “These protesters have gotten their story very wrong.”
    By Boris Kachka
  24. free speech
    Photos: The Writers Who Did Attend the PEN Gala“I think if people have died for their art, the least you could do is get their story right,” said Salman Rushdie. “These protesters have gotten their story very wrong.”
    By Boris Kachka
  25. Charlie Hebdo Rejects Pamela Geller ComparisonsComparing the two is “nonsense,” its film critic says.
    By Claire Voon
  26. islamophobia
    What You Need to Know About Pamela GellerShe says the shooting at her Muhammad art show proves her warnings about the “Islamization of America” were right.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  27. shootings
    New Details Emerge About Texas Gunmen, Adding Fuel to Free-Speech DebateThey were reportedly encouraged online by American extremist Mujahid Miski.
    By Chas Danner
  28. the national interest
    Obama Kicked Off a New Political Era With His SOTU SpeechA liberal agenda for a nation finally emerging from recession.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. Former ‘Onion’ Editor on the ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Attack: ‘We Cannot Police Our […]“They cannot kill everyone who disagrees with them. There are not enough bullets in the world for that. The most responsible thing we can do is […]
    By Megh Wright
  30. gamergate
    It’s Not Censorship to Ignore YouGamergate exemplifies anti-feminist free-speech paranoia.
    By Kat Stoeffel
  31. What Was Brandeis Thinking When It Invited Ayaan Hirsi Ali to Speak?The Somali-born feminist and anti-Muslim activist was guaranteed to cause controversy. So why did Brandeis invite and then disinvite her?
    By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
  32. free speech
    Stephen Colbert vs. Louis C.K.: Who Gettysburg Addresses Better?Or maybe Usher beats ‘em both.
    By Jesse David Fox
  33. free speech
    NYCLU Free Speech Struggle Over Speeding Ticket“Fuck your shitty town bitches.”
    By Adam Martin
  34. Unearthing Steve Allen and Lenny Bruce’s Unaired Discussion on Free SpeechThe Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. […]
    By Ramsey Ess
  35. flip the bird
    Wall Street Recruiter Fighting for Right to Flip Cops the BirdAnd he’s got a pretty good case.
    By Brett Smiley
  36. free speech
    FDA’s Imposition of Horrifying Labels on Cigarette Packages Ruled UnconstitutionalIt was ruled a free-speech violation.
    By Brett Smiley
  37. occupy newt gingrich’s free speech
    Peeved Newt Gingrich Suggests That Occupy Protesters Curbed His Free SpeechThe First Amendment is all fun and games until protesters protest when Newt wants to speak.
    By Brett Smiley
  38. free speech
    T.I. Thinks Oversensitive Gays Are Un-American“If you’re gay you should have the right to be gay in peace, and if you’re against it you should have the right to be against it in peace.”
    By Brett Smiley
  39. democracy now
    India Gets All China-y, Restricts Free Speech on the WebThis is not going to help Indo-American relations.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  40. courts
    Yep, Kids, You’re Not Allowed to Call Your Teachers D-Bags on Your VlogThis is actually a major free-speech issue.
    By Chris Rovzar
  41. supreme court
    Supreme Court Weighs Privacy and Free Speech Versus Right to Gay-Bash at a FuneralWestboro Baptist Church is on trial for picketing funerals of soldiers.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  42. the supremes
    Dalton Incident Wasn’t First Time Justice Kennedy’s Office Asked to Vet Student JournalismIt also happened at George Washington last month.
    By Chris Rovzar
  43. the supremes
    Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Insists on Vetting Own Coverage in Student NewspaperThis is just confusing.
    By Chris Rovzar
  44. the sports section
    Man Says He Was Booted From Yankee Stadium for Lack of PatriotismDo Red Sox fans have free-speech rights too?
    By Dan Amira