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Jed Rubenfeld: Trump’s Flag Order Is Unconstitutional—for Now
The president’s new executive order won’t stand. But it’s designed to tempt the justices to reconsider the law itself.
Jed Rubenfeld
The Bipartisan Assault on Free Speech
Free speech advocate Greg Lukianoff has spent a lot of time worrying about the threat to free speech from the left. But now, he has to worry equally—if…
Coleman Hughes
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What Justice Scalia Taught Me
If students can’t defend dissent in law school, how will they defend justice in court?
Danielle Sassoon
The Dissident Beijing Can’t Break
Closing arguments start Thursday in the trial that could jail Jimmy Lai, a devout Catholic and Hong Kong’s most famous pro-democracy activist, for life.
Robert A. Sirico
This Week in Canada: A Walk in the Woods Might Cost You $28,872.50
From land acknowledgments to eviction notices, cracks in Canada’s censorship regime, and much more. Brought to you by Rupa Subramanya.
Rupa Subramanya
She Fled Repression in Hong Kong. Will the UK Betray Her?
‘They want to silence us, every one of us,’ says one activist who fears a possible extradition deal between the UK and Hong Kong. ‘They don’t want…
Frannie Block
This Week in Canada: Join ISIS, Spend One Day in Jail
The world’s fifth-largest natural gas reserves start to pay off, the personal cost of protesting peacefully, and much more. Brought to you by Rupa…
Rupa Subramanya
Britain’s War on Speech Comes for the Pub
The UK’s speech police have that most British tradition in their crosshairs: banter.
Dominic Green
Progressives Against Progress
Whether it’s on identity, economics, or merit, the American left is no longer committed to progress. Can it return to the universal values on which it…
Ruy Teixeira
Things Worth Remembering: The Freedom to Be Different
After Nazism destroyed his homeland, Simon Rawidowicz defiantly wrote: ‘Do not try to hide the Different inside you.’
Mijal Bitton
I Burned a Quran. The British Government Punished Me for Blasphemy.
After my protest against Islamic extremism landed me with criminal charges, the verdict is in: It is now illegal to criticize Islam in Britain.
Hamit Coskun
This Scientist Says MIT Ruined His Life. Now He’s Fighting for Redemption.
David Sabatani is battling sexual harassment accusations that he says were part of a ‘DEI-inspired purification.’ Can he win?
Suzy Weiss
Blasphemy Laws and Two-Tiered Policing Arrive in Britain
A ‘threatening, abusive, or insulting’ post can lead to a longer prison sentence than pedophilia convictions.
Dominic Green
Voice of America Needs to Be Fixed, Not Silenced
Trump’s shutdown delights dictators and punishes people who deserve access to the truth.
Ethan Dodd
This Is the Lecture That the Naval Academy Didn’t Want Me to Give
We have gotten to a place where even a basic defense of intellectual freedom is now considered ‘too political’ for a government institution.
Ryan Holiday
Exclusive: Doctor Fired for Trans Surgery Comments Receives $1.6 Million Settlement
Allan Josephson faced career destruction after criticizing gender-affirming care for minors. Years later, he sees a cultural tide turning—and legal…
Josh Code
Welcome to This Week in Canada, from The Free Press
How did Pierre Poilievre lose a 20-point lead? Trucker organizers face 10 years in prison. Antisemitism at McGill University. And much more from the…
Rupa Subramanya
How Covid Lies Destroyed Kids’ Lives
We were told school closures were based on evidence—and were for our own good. Five years later, millions of children are still paying the price.
David Zweig
Mom Who Sued School for DEI Records Told They’re ‘a Trade Secret’
A Pennsylvania school refused to divulge its curriculum on the grounds of confidentiality. Then a mother fought the district in a state appellate court.
Frannie Block
Will the Truth Survive Artificial Intelligence? Our Next Live Debate!
Aravind Srinivas of Perplexity and Fei-Fei Li face off against Jaron Lanier and Nicholas Carr on May 15 in San Francisco.
Isaac Grafstein
Fight Club: Should Mahmoud Khalil Be Deported?
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour says the Columbia student’s deportation is just and necessary. Eli Lake believes it sets a dangerous precedent for free speech.
Eli Lake and Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
EXCLUSIVE: Meet the Grandma Arrested by Scotland’s Speech Police
Rose Docherty, 74, was handcuffed and taken into custody last month for violating Britain’s censorship laws. She tells The Free Press: ‘I’m an elderly…
Madeleine Kearns
How Western Judges Became Chinese State Puppets
Judges from the UK and Australia sit on Hong Kong’s highest court to supposedly help it uphold the law. But, in fact, they’re ‘giving legitimacy’ to a…
Frannie Block
I Can Explain Why the Nazi Salute Is Back
When Steve Bannon gives a stiff-armed salute after a speech about American greatness, we are watching an oppositional culture so addicted to opposition…
Richard Hanania
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