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Are Elite Universities Stifling Free Thought? A Critical Look at Campus Speech

September 10, 2024

Are our most prestigious universities becoming hotbeds of censorship? A recent survey by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) suggests that might be the case. The survey found that some of the nation's most elite schools, including Columbia, NYU, Penn, and Harvard, rank at the

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TikTok and the Data Minefield: Is Your Privacy at Risk?

September 6, 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) is accusing TikTok of a serious breach: secretly collecting American users' views on hot-button issues like abortion, guns, and religion. This data, the DOJ claims, is then sent back to TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, in Beijing. The DOJ claims that TikTok

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Pronouns in Schools: A Battleground for Free Speech?

September 6, 2024

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson has jumped into the debate over preferred pronouns in schools, filing a friend-of-the-court brief in a case involving the Olentangy Local School District in Ohio. The school district passed a policy requiring staff and students to use a student’s preferr

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Free Speech Triumph? The DOE vs. Maud Maron and the Price of Dissent

September 6, 2024

A New York federal judge recently ruled in favor of Maud Maron, a parent activist, in her dispute with Schools Chancellor David Banks.The judge declared Chancellor’s Regulation D-210, which Banks used to remove Maron from the Manhattan Community Education Council 2, unconstitutional. Maron was init

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Free Speech vs. 'Harmful Conduct': NYC Judge Weighs In on Heated School Debate

September 6, 2024

A New York City parent activist, Maud Maron, was recently reinstated to her education post after a federal judge ruled that Schools Chancellor David Banks likely violated her free speech rights. Maron’s removal stemmed from her criticism of an anonymous editorial in a Stuyvesant High School student

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NYC School Board Censorship Battle: A Fight for Free Speech

September 6, 2024

One of the most troubling parts of that identity instruction is the idea that you can't say something — even if you think it's true or important to discuss — because your words might "offend" some people.

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Columbia's Clash: Can Free Speech and Safety Co-Exist?

September 6, 2024

A new year, same tensions: Despite new leadership and promises of dialogue, students are already back on the picket lines, questioning whether the university truly understands their concerns. Some are even planning encampments, raising the question: is this a cycle that will repeat itself? Walking

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Can Employers Silence Workers' Voices? California's Battle Over 'Captive Audience' Meetings

September 6, 2024

California lawmakers are in a heated debate over whether employers should be allowed to force workers to attend meetings discussing unionization. Senate Bill 399 aims to ban these so-called 'captive audience' meetings, where bosses present their views on unions. But is this really about protecting