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The El Paso Shooting Revived the Free Speech Debate. Europe Has Limits.
The massacre of 22 people in El Paso, an attack announced in a hate-filled manifesto about an immigrant “invasion,” has revived debate about the limits…
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Right to Free Speech? On the City Council, It Has Limits
After a New York City councilman said that the Council was “controlled by the homosexual community,” his influential committee — created at his request —…
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When Does Free Speech Become Uncomfortable?
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. This week is written by Isabella Kwai, an Australian reporter with the bureau. Sign…
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Opinion | Why Colleges Like Trump’s Campus Speech Order
College presidents don’t want President Trump stepping into campus affairs and making threatening orders about speech — or so they say. After the president previewed…
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Opinion | Athens in Pieces: Democracy Isn’t Written, It Speaks
This is the sixth installment in an eight-part philosophical tour of the ancient city by the author. The entire series can be found here. ATHENS…
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