opinion
PRINCIPLES OVER POLITICS
The free speech organization canceled its annual World Voices Festival after a boycott by pro-Palestinian writers. But viewpoint neutrality is central to its mission.
Jacob Mchangama is the CEO of the Future of Free Speech Project, Research Professor at Vanderbilt University, and a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. He is the author of Free Speech: A History From Socrates to Social Media (Basic Books, 2022).
opinion
PROTECT DISSENT
Far-right provocateurs burning Qurans led Denmark to pass a law forbidding “improper treatment” of religious texts. History shows this is a very bad idea.
opinion
NO ‘GOOD CENSORSHIP’
Many progressives insist the constitutional right to free speech is a “tool of the oppressor.” They could not be more wrong.
opinion
NOT MY KING
British police are using a new law meant to curb Black Lives Matter and environment protests—to stop citizens from “disrespecting” the monarchy.
opinion
FREE SPEECH HELPS UKRAINE
“Fake news” can be harmful, but freedom of expression and access to information is the best way to defeat Putin’s propaganda.
Europe is plagued by the very real problems of anti-Semitism. And it is now plagued by dangerous laws meant to combat racial hatred.
Intolerance
Too often the Western opponents of militant jihad speak up for pluralism and free speech only so long as it’s their rights that are being protected.