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Brandi Levy smiles as she speaks with American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania Legal Director Witold “Vic” Walczak after hearing the US Supreme Court has ruled in her favor. (David McKeown / ...

Experts say free speech protections have long been inconsistent in higher ed. When the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT sat for a congressional hearing in early December ...

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani backed out of a town hall planned for Thursday with the city’s local ABC station over the Disney-owned network’s suspension of late-night host Jimmy ...

I n recent weeks, academic leaders have defended expressive and academic freedom with noteworthy force. Martha E. Pollack, president of Cornell, vetoed an undergraduate student assembly’s resolution ...

I know a little bit about the kinds of speech that are generally welcomed on campus. I’ve been banned from a few campuses, including DePaul University; I’ve spoken at more than a few campuses at which ...

The bill that senior House Republicans introduced this month to prohibit federal officials from pressuring social media companies to censor speech has some experts worried it could hamstring ...