In this week's It’s Debatable article, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate whether there are parallels between the first 100 days of the Trump Administration and the rise of fascism in the 1930s.

Young people are less committed to defending unpopular speech than previous generations. Free Speech – But Don't Offend Us For much of the 20th century, young Americans were seen as free speech ...

When America’s vice-president accuses Europe of failing to protect free speech, the obvious retort is that he is a hypocrite. The White House in which J.D. Vance serves is an energetic foe of ...

Arabs weren’t considered a “protected class”. In the charged political climate of late 2001, hate speech like this wasn’t just tolerated – it was invisible. More than two decades later ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Can foreigners legally residing in the United States be tossed out of the country for engaging in controversial or even vile speech? Court cases suggest the answer is "no" and uphold the idea that ...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday night made her first major speech since leaving office, assailing her 2024 presidential rival Donald Trump and urging the crowd at the event in San ...

President Donald Trump laughed off a protester who attempted to disrupt a speech he was giving in Michigan marking his first 100 days in office, joking that he "thought it was a guy." As the ...

“Government censorship of speech is intolerable in a free society,” his order said. Over the next 100 days, his administration repeatedly took action against people and organizations ...

A Grammy Award-winning rock star left White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stunned with his question about free speech and political asylum during Monday’s briefing. Winston Marshall ...

"The First Amendment does not permit the Government to 'interfere with private actors' speech to advance its own vision of ideological balance.'" Yet in his first term, President Donald J.