A group of local progressive organizers gathered in downtown Charleston to rally against fascism and the influence of billionaires in politics "in the Lowcountr ...

What is free speech? The First Amendment of the United States Constitution says that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or ...

Usually, discussion of free speech focuses on “free.” I will change the focus to “speech.” Speech has a noble origin in the Greek word logos — reasonable speech or argument.

On trade, Mr. Trump this week announced wide-ranging tariffs on Europe. And as European regulators begin to enforce their new social media rules, free speech is becoming another flashpoint.

Like the filibuster’s fabled power, free speech is treasured most when you’re the minority party, shut out of power. To be sure, neither side has shown a monopoly on this wisdom.

P.S. Threats to free speech aren’t just a national problem, and they’re not just about the press—they’re about the public’s right to hear from and be involved in government.

Last year at Harvard, the defense of free speech was tested. And the defense of free speech failed. I was part of that defense. I could often be found among those standing up for minority views to ...

November 2, 1909, was “Free Speech Day” in Spokane, Washington. The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) — Wobblies, as they were commonly known — set up a soapbox on the street to denounce the evils ...

In the early 1900s, when the radical labor unionists of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) would come to a new town to organize, they would wage what they called “ free speech fights ” until ...

Free Speech When Attacks on Anarchists Accidentally Improved Free Speech Law After the crackdown on anarchists died down, it became more difficult to imagine anyone could go to jail in America ...

On February 16, 1911, over a hundred members of the IWW left Portland on freight trains bound for Fresno to join striking workers. The group consisted of young working men willing to die for free ...

The spirit behind such tests isn’t wrong. The defense of free speech should be viewpoint-neutral, and many people—including quite a few elected officials—are hypocritical about such things.