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The First Amendment Is the Greatest Defense for the Powerless and Marginalized
NO ‘GOOD CENSORSHIP’
Many progressives insist the constitutional right to free speech is a “tool of the oppressor.” They could not be more wrong.
Jacob Mchangama
Nadine Strossen
Published
Apr. 28 2023
11:20PM EDT
opinion
Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
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