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Northwestern’s Repression Against Critics of Israel Is Wrong

Suspending a student group while the institution carries out a civil rights investigation violates students’ free speech rights.

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Academic Freedom Protects Politics

Attempts to suppress “political” ideas have no place in a free country or a free university.

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The Shils Report and Academic Merit

It’s not a triumphant monument to academic merit, but an attack that seeks to purge leftist faculty.

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How NYU Can Fix Its Free Speech Crisis

I don’t necessarily agree that NYU is the worst college in America for free speech, but it has serious problems that it needs to fix.

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The Danger to Democracy From Banned Books and Newspapers

It’s not just challenges to books in libraries and K–12 schools that threaten free speech.

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A Constitution Day Interview With Geoffrey Stone on Academic Freedom in the Era of Trump

Join a discussion between John Wilson and two distinguished scholars.

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In Defense of Nathan Cofnas

We must not abandon academic freedom and punish anyone for being a harsh critic, even when there are tragic results.

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The Heritage Foundation’s ‘Project Censorship’

The worst combination of mindless bureaucracy and authoritarian control.