The founders didn't protect free expression to secure "your truth" or "my truth." ...

There is an urgent, nagging and ever-louder question that is the backdrop to nearly every story in the news of our day. How can free speech in America — the hallmark that has defined our national ...

On Wednesday evening, I attended the third annual RealClearMedia Samizdat Prize Gala in Palm Beach, Florida. RealClear, whose brands include its flagship RealClearPolitics website, is best known as a ...

What kind of year was 2025 for free speech? In this special year-in-review episode of Free Speech Unmuted, my cohost Jane Bambauer and I break down the biggest legal and political fights shaping ...

The United States is in a speech war. Normally, human beings fight over money or land or love, but that is not what is happening today. Today, people are fighting over words. People’s lives are being ...

What are the politics of free speech? A new history explores the political limits as well as possibilities of freedom of speech. Angelo Herndon, whose conviction for a crime related to free speech was ...

Free speech is a privilege that many of us hold dear. But as machines become increasingly capable of generating words, ideas and arguments, should this fundamental right be extended to them too? This ...

If you’re a believer in free speech, the past two weeks have been one of the longest years of your life. In fact, this might have been the worst fortnight for free expression in recent memory. This ...

In the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assissination, a fierce First Amendment debate over the concept of hate speech has taken center stage across the nation. Conservative lawmakers and ...

The recent assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk prompted celebration from many people on social media, suggesting a large subculture that rejects the values of free speech. Free speech ...

S tudent activism is under attack. A hostile Congress has held higher education under increased scrutiny on this issue for two years running, and the Trump administration is now taking overt action to ...