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Britain’s War on Speech Comes for the Pub
The UK’s speech police have that most British tradition in their crosshairs: banter.
July 20, 2025
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…
July 15, 2025
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.’
June 8, 2025
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.
June 6, 2025
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?
June 4, 2025
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.
June 3, 2025
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.
April 28, 2025
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.
April 23, 2025
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…
April 21, 2025
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…
April 16, 2025
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.
April 15, 2025
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.
March 31, 2025
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.
March 27, 2025
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.
March 20, 2025
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…
March 3, 2025
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…
February 25, 2025
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…
February 24, 2025
Richard Hanania
The Nazis Did Not ‘Weaponize’ Free Speech. They Crushed It.
On CBS, our era’s historical ignorance hits a new low.
February 20, 2025
Andrew Roberts
Bari Weiss: Against the Vandals
What happened on the left over the past decade is a cautionary tale for a right that wants to look away from the danger ahead.
February 18, 2025
Bari Weiss
WATCH: The Free Press Returns to Congress
‘The Orwellian Big Brother punishing you for expressing an impolitic thought is now the law of the land in the land of Orwell.’
February 12, 2025
The Editors
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Salman Rushdie Faces His Alleged Attacker
Is the man suspected of attempting to murder the novelist a lone wolf or an agent of Iran? Jay Solomon reports from the trial of Hadi Matar.
February 12, 2025
Jay Solomon
Deporting ‘Pro-Jihadist’ Students: Censorship or Good Governance?
Ilya Shapiro and Robert Shibley debate Trump’s executive orders on antisemitism.
February 4, 2025
Ilya Shapiro
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Robert Shibley
Facebook’s Fact-Checkers Changed the Way I See Tech—and Speech—Forever
I thought I was sharing an important story on Covid’s origins. How naive I was.
January 7, 2025
Margi Conklin
Ban Masking Now
Anti-masking laws worked against the KKK. They’ll work against today’s criminals and bigots, too.
January 6, 2025
Ilya Shapiro
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