I confess to not having given much thought to the historical origins of free speech before reading Fara Dabhoiwala’s ...

Last week, I asked if you thought if the crackdown on free speech has gone too far. Here are your responses, lightly edited for length and clarity. Lindmuth Fuller, Harris County: To me, free speech ...

Readers respond to a guest essay by a student at Harvard. Also: Our phone choices; falling behind China on energy.

Last week, I asked if you thought if the crackdown on free speech has gone too far. Here are your responses, lightly edited for length and clarity. Lindmuth Fuller, Harris County: To me, free speech ...

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, guarantees each person the freedom to speak out, untethered by government, in addition to freedom of the press. Yet our ...

On the Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: After Jimmy Kimmel was abruptly pulled from late night TV, many are questioning the government's attempts to control it. David Inserra, a ...

From protests and journalism to social media and campus speech, explore how the First Amendment safeguards everyone — including immigrants — and what it actually covers. The First Amendment is a ...

Based on oral arguments last week, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority seems likely to hold that the First Amendment protects so-called conversion therapy for gay and transgender minors when it ...

“If we don’t have FREE SPEECH, then we just don’t have a FREE COUNTRY,” then-candidate Donald Trump said in a campaign video. But less than nine months into his second term, he was explaining his ...

The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, guarantees each person the freedom to speak out, untethered by government, in addition to freedom of the press. Yet our ...