Free Speech

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September 22, 2025
From Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension to new Pentagon media rules, the president’s latest moves draw bipartisan concern about censorship.
Harvard University, theGrio.com
January 16, 2024
On college campuses, a newer version of free speech is emerging as young generations redraw the line where expression crosses…
February 15, 2023
Hamilton, the seven-time champion, says he won't be silenced by offseason rules that prohibit drivers from opining on political issues.
November 29, 2022
An Iranian journalist challenged a Black American soccer player's allegiance to America at the World Cup. I know how I…
November 27, 2022
Twitter owner Elon Musk said Thursday that he is granting “amnesty” for suspended accounts, which experts say will spur a…
University of Houston, theGrio.com
June 16, 2022
“Universities across the country should be put on notice that overbroad policies designed to chill student speech will not be…
June 2, 2022
A judge has sided with a conservative group that says the University of Houston’s anti-discrimination policy is a violation of…
theGRIO.com
May 31, 2021
Newspaper publisher and UNC megadonor, Walter E. Hussman Jr. said he was worried about the controversy of Nikole Hannah-Jones tenure.
Zuckerberg Trump Facebook thegrio.com
January 7, 2021
Mark Zuckerburg announces that Donald Trump has been indefinitely banned from Facebook and Twitter due to controversial, inaccurate tweets.
NBA
October 10, 2019
In response to the NBA defending Daryl Morey's freedom of speech, Chinese officials took it away from the Los Angeles…
August 23, 2018
The Pennsylvania Sumpreme Court has ruled that a Pittsburgh rapper's lyrics threatening specific police officers are not protected by free…
February 28, 2016
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of protesters who heard about a planned Ku Klux Klan rally were waiting by a…
March 23, 2015
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is weighing a free-speech challenge to Texas’ refusal to issue a license plate bearing
March 2, 2014
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Vonte Skinner's case is being watched closely by civil liberties advocates who contend the lyrics should…
September 25, 2012
CHICAGO - Former high school guidance counselor and basketball coach Bryan Craig said he was wrongfully dismissed from his school…
July 30, 2012
ROARING SPRING, Pa. (AP) - A Pennsylvania school district says a teacher was exercising his First Amendment rights during a…
June 27, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union will help the Ku Klux Klan in its bid to join Georgia's…
June 5, 2012
Two Tennessee citizens brought attention to the nearly all white make-up of 'The Bachelor' and 'The Bachelorette'...
October 22, 2010
OPINION - By even the most objective standards, the broadcaster clearly overreacted in firing Mr. Williams, thus violating his constitutionally-protected…