The Los Angeles City Council is claiming ultimate authority to ban the use of any terms officials deem offensive during public meetings. It won't end there.

Artist and free speech advocate Angel Eduardo from FIRE and FAIR encourages artist to lay down their arms in the culture war and remember to make great art.

250 years later, America's founding ideals still demand defenders.

Apparently, not even heavy metal groups are small enough potatoes for Trump and co.

Through her detailed reporting on lynching after the Civil War, Wells did more than most to demonstrate the power of using one’s voice in the pursuit of truth and justice.

This year, the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary.

Déjà vu has never been less fun. Last week, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel made a joke during his show’s opening monologue that upset people in the White House, which led to demands that ABC “take a sta...

Official website of Angel Eduardo, NYC-based writer, musician, photographer, and designer.

The agency’s intimidation tactics would be frightening if they weren’t ridiculous.

I am often told that, as a writer, I should recognize the power of words. As a crafter of poetry and prose, they tell me, surely I must understand the weight

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In Minnesota, clashes among ICE, protesters, and politicians are testing Americans’ commitment to open discourse, writes Greg Lukianoff.

“This is freedom of speech. This is America, right?” Those were the incredulous words of Raquel Pacheco, a US Army veteran and three-time candidate for local office. She made the remark while being qu...

A look at censorship in the EU and the UK, and why the U.S. must not do the same

YouTube caved to Trump with $24.5M. Profit over principle means free speech loses — and once gone, we don’t get it back.

In the past two weeks alone, the state of free speech in our country has been battered almost beyond recognition.

The nation’s top law enforcement officer doesn’t understand there is no hate-speech exception to the First Amendment — and that’s scary.

FIRE members play a critical role in advancing FIRE’s mission to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought.

If the champion of the rules-based international order turns to violence as a first resort, so will other countries

Kirk was at a crowded event when he was shot; President Trump urges people to say prayers for the

Whether it’s micromanaging playtime, constantly hovering or incessantly texting, the adult takeover of childhood has created a crisis of anxiety in both children and parents, says Lenore Skenazy, cofo...

A world where “Words are violence” is more common than “Sticks and stones…” is a world oriented against free speech principles. But we can turn that around.

Artificial intelligence can't compete with human creativity.

Doing the right thing, rising above cynicism and despair, and seeing the good in others isn’t always easy—but it’s always imperative.

Doing the right thing, rising above cynicism and despair, and seeing the good in others isn’t always easy—but it’s always imperative.

Every year on Independence Day, activists across the political spectrum share Douglass' 4th of July speech, and I fear too few of them truly grasp its content.

Who made me "Black"? And why?

Artificial intelligence can't compete with human creativity.

Philly post-metal crew Phantom Heir drop a new song.

Doing the right thing, rising above cynicism and despair, and seeing the good in others isn’t always easy—but it’s always imperative.

We’ll be chatting and answering your questions LIVE June 10 at 4:30 pm Eastern

We don’t get to infringe upon civil liberties right now because someone invokes existential angst and the possibility of crisis as though it’s a magic spell.

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Doing the right thing, rising above cynicism and despair, and seeing the good in others isn’t always easy—but it’s always imperative.

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Doing the right thing, rising above cynicism and despair, and seeing the good in others isn’t always easy—but it’s always imperative.