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After Iowa Rep. Steve King’s most recent racist comments, House Democrats stopped efforts to censure the lawmaker, claiming it may set a precedent for limiting freedom of speech. Censure has only been used six times in the last century, and is one of the most serious punishments a House member can receive.

For those worried that “PC Culture,” or the social pressure to be politically correct and respectful of minorities, is curbing free speech in the United States, I have got something for you: President-Elect Donald Trump has spent the days following his win attacking the free speech of Americans. In a series of tweets, Trump called […]

This is the map Sarah Palin published on her site in 2010. Less than a week ago, someone reached one of those targets. Is Sarah to blame? She certainly doesn’t think so and she isn’t alone. What’s interesting about this situation though, is while a number of media outlets are speculating that Palin’s poor use […]

Yesterday, CNN fired Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, a popular anti-racism activist figure and Temple university professor, over a United Nations speech in which he advocated for freedom and justice for the Palestinian people.

by Idiley In 1985, a conservative group called Accuracy in Academia (AIA) was established with the intent of protecting “academic freedom.” Their mission was to get schools to return to “the quest for truth,” which manifests as an active push against what they claim to be a “liberal bias” in academia. Since AIA’s inception, these points […]

Over the past couple of weeks, New Orleans has been at the heart of the debate of free expression vs. “erasing history.” For decades, the city has been home to multiple monuments to the pro-slavery Confederacy. Eventually, city council voted to remove them. This decision came with plenty of controversy from Confederacy sympathizers and those […]

Common and John Legend’s acceptance speech for the Oscar for Best Original Song invoked the current social justice struggles of today. “We know that the Voting Rights Act that they fought for 50 years ago is being compromised right now in this country today. We know that right now, the struggle for freedom and justice […]

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF5rZlE1IOg They. Sing. With voices strained.   They. Dream. With eyes crusted on both sides. And of debates where solutions. To problems don’t get fumbled. By headlines of those who dropped. Or picked up. The right and wrong vernacular tones. Or Concepts. That only legitimize. Failing systems that ignored. My Grandmother. Me. And hopefully not […]

A Minnesota school bus driver has been fired after leading kids in prayers while driving. George Nathaniel, 49, had already been warned of his praying. He was also reassigned for practicing what he calls “freedom of speech.”

by Jamara Wakefield  Let’s keep it real, there are few radical resources available for Black students when experiencing oppression on campus. It manifests in a variety of forms: from explicit aggression to microaggressions to institutional policies to interactions that feel “off” but aren’t easily quantifiable, in part because the campus environment justifies these actions.  The […]

By Briana Lawrence Full disclosure: I used to love me some Roseanne back in the late 80s/90s. Like most fans, when ABC announced a new season, I wondered about what the Conners had been up to. At the time, I wasn’t in the know about Roseanne’s bigotry, but phew, did I get a crash course […]

Deandre Harris, 20, is known throughout the world for the wrong reasons. Instead of his aspiring music career, he’s known for being the victim of a beating doled out by a group of white supremacists at this weekend’s “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. A photo was posted on Twitter that showed Harris on […]