Tag: freedom of speech
Murder and intimidation of environmental activists hits record levels
As of this writing, nearly 60 activists and defenders are known to have been murdered this year.
In March for Our Lives, student rights have become human rights
The young have long been that catalyst for change, and the Never Again movement is a continuation of that tradition.
Texas school district threatens suspension for student protests; universities respond, ‘peaceful...
Individual admissions officials took to Twitter to let students know that joining such demonstrations wouldn't "affect their college acceptance decisions."
Next stage of Net Neutrality conflict begins
We need to continue to build power to ensure Internet access is seen as a human right and a tool of free speech with equal access for all.
Senators vow to ‘fight’ FCC’s decisions regarding net neutrality
“We will fight the FCC’s decisions in the courts, and we will fight it in the halls of Congress.”
Fighting hate speech as an excuse for censorship
Legal action and internal policy changes on the social media should be undertaken in order to tackle the problem of hate speech online.
Attempt to close Al-Jazeera is an attack on freedom of expression,...
The channel has become part of Qatar’s grand strategy, and asking them to close it down is like asking Switzerland to close its banks.
Trump’s double standard on freedom of speech
The president wants liberties for himself that he doesn’t grant to others.
Where free speech ends, ignorance begins
Recent attempts to quash the right to speak reflect a fever of know-nothing intolerance afflicting the nation.
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Trump seizes control of DC police, threatens military deployment despite record-low crime
President Donald Trump invokes the Home Rule Act to take over Washington, D.C.’s police department and deploy the National Guard, citing a “crime emergency” that officials say does not exist. Critics call the move an unlawful power grab with authoritarian overtones.
Cults, cults, everywhere—raring to bash majority rule, pluralism, justice, science and rationality. Isn’t that...
Thanks to its own greed, egotism, buffoonery, incompetence, and ruthlessness, the MAGA cult is already splitting apart, squandering its overweening power.
Community organizer slams ‘fascist ICE agents’ after arrest of US citizen documenting raids
ICE has faced widespread backlash over the arrest of community advocates swept up while documenting raids across the country, many of them U.S. citizens.
The FDA let substandard factories ship these medications to the US
ProPublica identified more than 150 products that were exempted from import bans since 2013.
Israel accused of assassinating five Gaza journalists in targeted airstrike
Al Jazeera calls deadly strike on press tent “blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom” as press freedom groups warn of pattern of killings and smear campaigns against reporters in Gaza.