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By bullying Anthropic, the Pentagon is violating the First Amendment. Here’s why.
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Male students show more tolerance for political enemies than females show for their own allies
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Chapin Lenthall-Cleary
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Anti-ICE protesters disrupted worship in a Minnesota church. Here’s why the First Amendment doesn’t protect their actions.
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Samuel J. Abrams
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Bury the ‘words are violence’ cliché
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What the hell is going on at Indiana University?
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FIREwire — March 6, 2026
Coksun wins Quran-burning case, Trump admin threatens Anthropic, Dubai cracks down on speech amid Iran attacks, and TikTok's sale sparks new concerns
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After a professor's hot-mic racial remarks, Hunter College faces a free speech test
“They’re too dumb to know they’re in a bad school,” associate biology professor Allyson Friedman said during a public Zoom meeting at Hunter College.
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Zach Greenberg
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Hamit Coskun wins Quran-burning case, but threats to free expression linger in UK
Atheist and Kurdish-Armenian asylum seeker Hamit Coskun has emerged triumphant from a year-long legal battle after he burned a Quran in protest near the…
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Sarah McLaughlin
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Professors are inviting dialogue. That’s not the same as free speech.
I regularly teach a freshman seminar at Sarah Lawrence College.
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Samuel J. Abrams
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The four kinds of Trump voters
Political differences between Trump voters are significant — and will shape the future of the American Right.
Mar 3
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Sean Stevens
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Calls for censorship are a familiar wartime mistake
It’s like clockwork.
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Nico Perrino
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FIREwire — February 27, 2026
CUNY professor faces backlash, Pirro drops case against Dems, AdGo talks walkouts
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