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A federal judge just dismissed an Ohio teacher’s fight against book bans.

A federal judge just dismissed an Ohio teacher’s fight against book bans.

Karen Cahall was suspended for keeping four LGBTQ+ books in her classroom library.

By Brittany Allen | October 21, 2025

How a Single Court Case Could Determine the Future of Book Banning in America

How a Single Court Case Could Determine the Future of Book Banning in America

Anthony Aycock on “Little v. Llano County” and the Increasingly Imperiled Freedom to Read in America

By Anthony Aycock | June 17, 2025

Republicans in Congress Are Going After a Free and Independent Media

Republicans in Congress Are Going After a Free and Independent Media

The “Anti-American Airwaves” Hearing Was a Very Dangerous Circus

By Aron Solomon | April 3, 2025

Why are we so obsessed with political cartoons?

Why are we so obsessed with political cartoons?

A brief literary history from Ben Franklin to Ann Telnaes.

By Brittany Allen | January 29, 2025

The Trump administration just scored a major goal for book bans. (Which it claims are a

The Trump administration just scored a major goal for book bans. (Which it claims are a "hoax.")

Here's how you can find the titles you need.

By Brittany Allen | January 27, 2025

New Jersey fights back in the face of national book-banning.

New Jersey fights back in the face of national book-banning.

By Jonny Diamond | December 12, 2024

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Peeling The Onion: Did the Infowars Decision Just Kill Satire?

By Aron Solomon | December 12, 2024

False Profits: Why I Am Not Teaching in the Classroom This Fall

By Steven W. Thrasher | September 16, 2024

Fire and Fury and the First Amendment: How Trump Tried to Censor His Critics

By John Sargent | September 20, 2023

The FBI is spying on a Chicago bookstore because it’s hosting “extremists.”

The FBI is spying on a Chicago bookstore because it’s hosting “extremists.”

By Jonny Diamond | March 15, 2023

How Section 230 Shields Platforms from Accountability for What Their Users Post

How Section 230 Shields Platforms from Accountability for What Their Users Post

Eric Berkowitz on the Evolution of Free Speech on the Internet

By Eric Berkowitz | May 19, 2022

On the Supreme Court's Misinterpretation of the Religion Clauses

On the Supreme Court's Misinterpretation of the Religion Clauses

From the New Books Network's Book of the Day Podcast

By New Books Network | December 7, 2020

Has Free Speech Become an Even More Partisan Issue Under the Trump Administration?

Has Free Speech Become an Even More Partisan Issue Under the Trump Administration?

Suzanne Nossel on the Increasing Politicization of the First Amendment

By Suzanne Nossel | July 15, 2020

Writers are calling for a professor's reinstatement after he was fired for posting a political joke.

Writers are calling for a professor's reinstatement after he was fired for posting a political joke.

By Aaron Robertson | January 23, 2020

A new guide from PEN America provides some answers on campus

A new guide from PEN America provides some answers on campus "free speech" controversies.

By Corinne Segal | September 26, 2019

An Appeal to the 'Democratic Conscience of the State'<br> Won't Get You Far

An Appeal to the 'Democratic Conscience of the State'
Won't Get You Far

Natasha Lennard on Anti-Fascism and the Criminalization
of Protest in America

By Natasha Lennard | April 26, 2019