News & Commentary about Free Speech

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Aug 13, 2025

I’m a Columbia Student Journalist. I Watched Censorship Unfold on My Own Campus.

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Aug 5, 2025

Trump's Attacks on Press Freedom Escalate: NPR, PBS Funding Cuts Explained

Jul 25, 2025

One-on-One with Mahmoud Khalil

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Jul 17, 2025

60 Years Later: How a Civil Rights-Era Defamation Case Empowers the Press

Jul 17, 2025

Rümeysa Öztürk On How We Can All Support Immigrants

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Jul 5, 2025

The ABCs of Free Speech with Emerson Sykes

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Jun 27, 2025

Live Coverage: Final SCOTUS Decision Day

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Jun 13, 2025

Read Detained Activist Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter to His Son

Jun 6, 2025

13 “Woke” Books Banned in DOD Schools

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Jun 6, 2025

The Trump Administration is Banning Books on Military Bases. We Sued.