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Columbia on ‘The Daily Show’
Students who hadn’t heard about the Minutemen controversy now have—last night Jon Stewart ridiculed the Columbia protesters and their attack on free speech on The Daily Show. Tune in to Comedy Central tonight at 8 for a rerun of last night’s show.
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Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker banned as the UK’s free speech backslide continues
The United Kingdom barred Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker from entering the country. If the goal was silence, it may have achieved the opposite.
The Harvard alumni who refuse to abandon their alma mater
Harvard alumni once walked away in disgust, but HAFFS chose a different path by staying engaged to restore free speech and academic freedom.
New FIRE study finds narrowing range of political views among faculty donors
A new analysis of faculty who donate to political candidates finds that the average donor is only slightly less left on the political spectrum than Bernie Sanders.
How Anthony Comstock became America’s most powerful censor
Anthony Comstock turned Victorian panic into federal censorship, criminalizing “obscene” speech and policing American morality. This is his story.