Free Speech Tag

‘Lack of Balance’: Catholic U. of America Denies Pro-Israel Student Group’s Speakers

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 09, 2026 13 Comments

“This denial is not an isolated incident; it is the latest link in a chain of discriminatory hurdles we have faced since the group’s founding”...

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UMass Chan Considers Faculty Applicants’ Past DEI Contributions in Hiring Process

Posted by Ray Hilbrich on March 08, 2026 10 Comments

The school also encourages faculty applicants who lack experience advancing DEI to “focus on their future plans” to contribute to those efforts....

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Freedom for Iran: What a Difference a President Makes 

Posted by Nora Dimitrova Clinton on March 01, 2026 29 Comments

Communism and radical Islam are the twin forces that constitute the greatest threat to Western civilization, both externally and internally....

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Judge Bans Bakersfield College From Punishing Professor Over DEI, Yet Allows Required Training

Posted by Ray Hilbrich on February 27, 2026 5 Comments

The judge ruled that while the university is allowed to require faculty members to participate in certain trainings, the sessions cannot “compel Johnson to speak in support of DEIA principles as part of the training, or sanction Johnson for refusing to endorse a specific viewpoint...

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Stanford Newspaper Sues State Dept. Over Free Speech Rights for International Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 20, 2026 0 Comments

"contends that the First Amendment protects foreign students’ right to free speech while they are in the U.S. legally"...

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‘Free Expression’ Group Retracts Statement in Support of Cancelled Israeli Comedian

Posted by Matt Lamb on February 09, 2026 15 Comments

A "free expression" group gave its tacit approval to using heckler's vetoes against comedians it does not like....

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Hong Kong Court Sentences Pro-Democracy Publisher Jimmy Lai to 20 Years in Prison

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 09, 2026 5 Comments

The judges determined that Lai deserved the harsh sentence "because he was 'no doubt the mastermind' of the conspiracies he was convicted of orchestrating."...

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Anti-Israel Activists Shout Down Liberal Columnist Ezra Klein at Sarah Lawrence College

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 31, 2026 24 Comments

"Ezra Klein, you're a liar, you set Palestine on fire"...

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Kansas Bill Honoring Charlie Kirk Seeks to Protect Free Speech on College Campuses

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 25, 2026 1 Comment

"The FORUM Act"...

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‘You’ve Just Gotta Live With It’: Minnesota AG Ellison Shrugs Off Church Ambush

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 20, 2026 55 Comments

Shorter Ellison to Christians: Deal with it....

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Harvard Student Exposes ‘Systematic’ Liberal Bias Among Faculty Members

Posted by Ray Hilbrich on January 19, 2026 16 Comments

“People realized how bad the situation has gotten and how it's actually impacting students a whole ton.”...

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Judicial Watch Sues MA School System for Violating Free Speech Rights of Fired Administrator

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 15, 2026 5 Comments

"was fired over lawful social media posts addressing matters of public concern"...

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8th Circuit Revives Educators’ Challenge to “Anti-Racist” Training

Posted by Timothy R. Snowball on January 08, 2026 20 Comments

The court’s description of the required “training” reads like something out of “A Clockwork Orange."...

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Harvard President Faults Faculty Activism for Chilling Debate on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 04, 2026 8 Comments

“How many students would actually be willing to go toe-to-toe against a professor who's expressed a firm view about a controversial issue?”...

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State Dept. Bars Five Europeans for ‘Extraterritorial Censorship of Americans’

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 24, 2025 25 Comments

"These radical activists and weaponized NGOs have advanced censorship crackdowns by foreign states—in each case targeting American speakers and American companies."...

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Ninth Circuit Rules in Favor of Professor in ‘Land Acknowledgement’ Parody Case

Posted by Timothy R. Snowball on December 24, 2025 10 Comments

"[E]xposure to views that distress and offend is a form of education unto itself.”...

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Court Sides With Washington Prof Punished for Mocking University Land Acknowledgment

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 20, 2025 4 Comments

"violated a professor’s free speech rights by investigating and retaliating against him"...

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U. Utah Spending $400K a Year on ‘Dignity Index’ That Scores Political Speech

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 07, 2025 2 Comments

"eight-point scale that measures how people talk to each other when they disagree—ranging from ONE, which shows total contempt for the other side, to EIGHT, which shows dignity to everyone, no matter what"...

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