The phrase “Give me liberty or give me death!” was reportedly first used 250 years ago. Patrick Henry said it in a crowded ...

President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance champion free speech even as they attempt to quash at home.

The Virginia delegate may have spoken those words on March 23, 1775, but some historians doubt it. And at least two other men ...

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts issued a rare statement Tuesday criticizing attacks by President Trump and his ...

The American right’s fear of academia is increasingly apparent, but it’s always been around — and it’s rooted in a fear of ...

The Supreme Court ruled in 1964 that journalistic organizations were protected from libel or defamation lawsuits brought by a ...

There is a name for what the FCC is doing in this proceeding: a show trial. When investigations become a performative exercise designed to further a political purpose, they forfeit any claim to ...

Unlike British laws around free speech, the Sedition Act allowed truth as a defense. “It shall be lawful for the defendant,” the law read, “to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter ...

Paying attention to Palestinians will allow you to understand what is coming,” says human rights attorney Noura Erakat.

The president and his allies have often positioned themselves as defenders of free speech. Yet, they are now overseeing one of the most extensive language restrictions in recent history. On his first ...

Jennifer Anaya-Serrano recalled being too shy to ask to join the speech team when she was a freshman ... something they needed to say. They had a truth. They had a story. They had a presentation ...