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freedom of expression

Police barricades are stacked up in front of the White House fence after protestors removed them.

The Real Threat to Free Speech Isn’t Whiny College Kids—It’s Government

The US ranks an abysmal 43rd in the World Press Freedom Index.
By Dan King
A member of the Fraternal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan participates in the 11th Annual Nathan Bedford Forrest Birthday march Pulaski, Tennessee.

The KKK Canary: How We’re Losing Our Freedom of Speech

We are slowly, incrementally losing our freedom of speech.
By Selwyn Duke
The offending Marc Morrell piece.

Freedom of Expression? Fair Use? Thank These Artists You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

The artists who paved the way for protections for copyright and more.
By Daniel Grant
A person reads on November 1, 2011 in Paris an issue of Satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo to be published on November 2, 2011, whose cover features prophet Mohammed. "In order fittingly to celebrate the Islamist Ennahda's win in Tunisia and the NTC (National Transitional Council) president's promise that sharia would be the main source of law in Libya, Charlie Hebdo asked Mohammed to be guest editor," said a statement. AFP PHOTO MARTIN BUREAU (Photo credit should read MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images)

Ill-Informed, Incurious, Intemperate, Ignoble and Ultimately Illiberal

By Dale Peck
(Photo via instagram.com/vogueparis)

Vogue Paris Pays Tribute to Victims of Attack on Charlie Hebdo

By Molly Mulshine
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