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Do you feel you can exercise your right to free speech? NPR wants to hear from you

NPR wants to know who is feeling more and less free to exercise their free speech rights in this moment. Have you found yourself letting loose more under President Trump or are you holding back?

March 20, 2025
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Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli supporters converge at a demonstration of New York University students in November.

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'Fear rather than sensitivity': Most U.S. scholars on the Mideast are self-censoring

The war between Israel and Hamas is testing the limits of free speech across college campuses. And it's also affecting those who study the Middle East.

December 16, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Rudy Giuliani speaks with reporters as he departs the federal courthouse, May 19, 2023, in Washington. Giuliani is not disputing that he publicly made statements about two Georgia election workers that were defamatory and false, but he contends they were constitutionally protected statements, according to a statement filed in court.

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Giuliani concedes he made public comments falsely claiming Georgia election workers committed fraud

Rudy Giuliani has conceded he made public comments falsely claiming two Georgia election workers committed ballot fraud during the 2020 presidential race. But he's arguing that the statements were protected by the First Amendment.

July 26, 2023
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A protester holds a sign outside the Dekalb County Jail in May 2023.

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Protesters carry on under the shadow of Georgia's domestic terrorism law

Some protesters say the state's domestic terrorism law is being used to silence opponents of Atlanta's planned public safety training facility.

June 23, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
'March On Georgia' rally heads towards the Georgia State Capitol.

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Atlanta to pay journalist $105,000 to settle lawsuit over 2020 protest arrest

Lawyers for a freelance journalist say the city of Atlanta has agreed to pay him $105,000 to settle a lawsuit over his arrest while covering a demonstration in 2020. Sharif Hassan had filed a federal lawsuit claiming his constitutional rights were violated, including his First Amendment right to freedom of speech.

May 11, 2023
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  • Associated Press
At a rally outside the New York Public Library, writers including Paul Auster and Gay Talese read passages from Salman Rushdie's work. His assailant has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges after being accused of stabbing Rushdie during a literary event at the Chautauqua Institution.

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Paul Auster, Aasif Mandvi and others support Salman Rushdie with public readings

Writers Jeffrey Eugenides, Roya Hakakian, Kiran Desai, Tina Brown, Gay Talese and others gave live readings from the author's work as he recovered from a brutal attack.

August 19, 2022
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Candidates prepare for an exam review at the library of Hebei University of Technology in Handan, North China's Hebei Province, Dec. 6, 2021.

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China tightens restrictions and bars scholars from international conferences

Academics based in China must apply for permission to attend online exchanges, even on topics that once were considered nonpolitical.

March 30, 2022
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  • Emily Feng
The University of Florida denied three of its professors permission to testify in a voting rights case against the state, saying it was a "conflict of interest" and "adverse to UF's interests."

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The University of Florida bars professors from testifying in a voting rights case

The school said having the professors testify was "adverse" to the university's interests, marking a departure from normal procedure and raising major concerns about freedom of speech.

November 01, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Bill Cosby gestures outside his home in Elkins Park, Pa., on June 30, 2021, after being released from prison when the Pennsylvania's supreme court overturned his sexual assault conviction. Cosby expressed support for former TV co-star Phylicia Rashad's freedom of speech after she defended him in a tweet.

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Bill Cosby Urges Howard University To Support Phylicia Rashad's Freedom Of Speech

The comedian defended Rashad's freedom of speech after the actress came under criticism for defending Cosby after his sexual assault conviction was overturned.

July 05, 2021
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  • Elizabeth Blair
Singer-songwriter, activist, and author Billy Bragg is out with a new work: a political pamphlet titled "The Three Dimensions of Freedom."

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Musician And Author Billy Bragg Says Free Speech Depends On Accountability, Music On Empathy

Billy Bragg is many things: a poet, punk rocker, folk musician, and singer-songwriter. He’s also an activist, music historian, and best-selling author....

May 01, 2020
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  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
Georgia State Capitol

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Conservative State Senator Slammed For Hurting Children By Grandstanding

On this edition of Political Rewind, the Georgia Senate entertains a bill that would crack down on protestors who disrupt controversial speakers on...

January 29, 2018
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  • Bill Nigut
Former Sergeant Silvia Cotriss

Officer Fired for Flying Confederate Flag Sues Police Department

A former Roswell police sergeant is suing the city after being terminated for flying a Confederate flag outside of her home. Silvia Cotriss filed the...

December 19, 2016
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  • Robert Jimison

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