UC Berkeley has a rich history of political resistance and uprising, both significantly impacting the way the university is perceived today. As we reflect on these political achievements, it is ...

A new history explores the political limits as well as possibilities of freedom of speech. Angelo Herndon, whose conviction for a crime related to free speech was overturned in 1935, arrives at NYC’s ...

Cancellations, sometimes violent protests, behind-the-scenes censorship, and overt government threats to muzzle the media. Free speech is doing better in the U.S. than elsewhere in the world, but that ...

Free speech is a privilege that many of us hold dear. But as machines become increasingly capable of generating words, ideas and arguments, should this fundamental right be extended to them too? This ...

Re “Harvard’s Anti-Woke Era Is Stifling,” by Alex Bronzini-Vender (Opinion guest essay, Jan. 5): Long before President Trump’s second term, there was a conflict about the limits of free speech. And it ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. On Wednesday evening, I attended the third annual RealClear Samizdat Prize Gala in Palm Beach, Fla. RealClear, ...

I confess to not having given much thought to the historical origins of free speech before reading Fara Dabhoiwala’s marvelous history, What Is Free Speech? As an American, the right to freedom of ...

As political polarization intensifies, America’s colleges and universities face threats to free speech from both the left and right. Campus conservatives risk ostracization, shaming or social media ...

Should there be limits on speech and expression, and are the limits that we now legally recognize the right ones? John Stuart Mill’s classic defense of free speech in his 1859 essay “On Liberty” ...