A court ruling striking down Florida’s Stop WOKE Act is both a major affirmation of academic freedom and a window into the free-speech debates dividing the right.
Readers Comments: “Anti-Capitalism” as Political Pre-Crime; Enemy Within; 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid Canceled; Palestinians Are Going Nowhere; The Case for Universal Social Policies; Trump Coin a Violation of Federal Law; Announcements; Cartoons..
The Reagan-appointed judge's opinion was remarkable in its candid assessment of the Trump administration’s effort to squelch political speech in general — not just on college campuses — and Trump’s autocratic tendencies as a leader.
Readers Comments: "Enemy From Within"; Trump-Netanyahu Colonization Plan; Lost Cause in the 21st Century - Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump; Committee for the First Amendment Relaunched; AI and the Future of Work; Cartoons and more....
Readers Comments: Unhinged at UN; Jimmy Kimmel, Suing the Media, Attack on Free Speech; Recognition of Palestine Is a Big Deal; Take Action: Public Health Workers End Genocide in Gaza; Pressure on Sinclair and Nextstar; Pass a Millionaires’ Surtax;
Readers Comments: Charlie Kirk Killing Excuse for Authoritarianism, Fascism; Real Reason for the Attacks Against Us; Medicare Will Require Prior Approval for Certain Procedures; Attack on Environmental Protections to Increase Cancer-Causing Pollution
Rumeysa Ozturk and John Peter Zenger are book ends to the history of the First Amendment — the one that guarantees freedom of speech, association, religion, the right to petition for redress of grievances and freedom of the press.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is a leading candidate to be Kamala Harris’s running mate. Selecting him would fracture the party.
The academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis will join 2,000 already on strike at UC Santa Cruz.
Unionized employees, pro-Palestine activists demanding a cease-fire call, writers long-listed for a prestigious literary prize: no one seems particularly happy with PEN America right now.
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