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March 26, 2026 | Marcie Bianco, Ph.D. | Arts and culture, Free Speech, Politics
Book Bans on the Rise in the US; Librarians, Writers, and Others Fight Back

In just three years, the number of book bans in the United States has more than doubled. A broad coalition of activists is working to slow the “relentless tide.”

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March 19, 2026 | Nikita Mandhani | Free Speech, International, Media
Afghan Women’s Newsroom in Exile

A clandestine group of journalists are telling women’s stories from inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

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April 16, 2025 | Treva Lindsey | Education, Free Speech, Politics
An Unprecedented Climate of Fear on US Campuses

Faculty and students are dealing with the fallout as colleges and universities capitulate to Trump-inspired attacks on free speech and academic inquiry.

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January 16, 2024 | Janet Dewart Bell | Free Speech
Songs of Truth, Inspiration, and Rebellion: Black Women’s Speeches From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century

A new book, “Blackbirds Singing,” offers a collection of speeches and quotations from African American women who have fought back against their words being distorted, trivialized, and ignored.

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December 07, 2023 | Neha Madhira | Free Speech, International, Media
Foundation Advocates for Afghan Journalists

The family of a slain Afghan journalist has founded an organization to provide resources and refuge to reporters still working in the country.

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November 02, 2023 | Susan Buttenwieser | Free Speech, Health, International
Abortion Information Facing Online Censorship Globally

Organizations that provide services and information have reported digital suppression of abortion information: “The Fight for Abortion Access Is Moving Online.”

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May 01, 2023 | Treva Lindsey | Education, Free Speech, Politics
Fighting Back Against Anti-“Woke” Censorship

On Wednesday, May 3, the Freedom to Learn National Day of Action will mobilize people to defend the right of students to learn about systemic injustice, as well as ideas that form the basis of social justice movements.

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March 08, 2023 | Dana Rubin | Free Speech, Media
Reclaiming Women’s Public Voice

When we discount the role of women speakers in U.S. history, we lose out on the diverse mix of voices and views that got us to this point — and we miss out on the knowledge of an inspirational past.

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February 25, 2021 | Ruchira Gupta | Free Speech, Gender-based violence, International, Media
Gaslighting, Stalking, Revenge Porn: Right-Wing Hate Fuels Attacks on Women Journalists in India

Supporters of the ruling party have instigated threats and violence in an effort to silence women journalists.

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March 12, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Feminism, Free Speech, International
Women’s Day protesters attacked then arrested in Kyrgyzstan

While countries across the world celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8, dozens of women in Kyrgystan were detained for “violating public order” after coming under attack by masked men.

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January 19, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Feminism, Free Speech, Politics
Photos: Women’s Marchers put their anger at Trump on full display

Thousands of women repped the resistance front and center at the fourth annual Women’s March taking place in cities across the U.S. on Saturday.

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December 11, 2019 | Lucina Di Meco | Free Speech, International, Online harassment, Politics
For women in politics, social media is a double-edged sword

Research shows that social media exposes female politicians to online abuse, but it also enables them to engage directly with their constituencies without the bias of mass media.

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November 07, 2019 | Soraya Chemaly | Free Speech, Gender-based violence, Media, Online harassment, Politics
Katie Hill, deepfakes, and how “political risk” is defined

The discussion around Rep. Katie Hill's resignation has mostly missed the truths about the crime that was committed against her.

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September 06, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Free Speech, International, Online harassment
Russian feminist charged with ‘inciting hatred’ against men online

“I don’t think there is any reason whatsoever to charge me with hate speech toward anyone,” says Russian feminist Lyubov Kalugina.

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April 10, 2018 | Aviva Stahl | Free Speech, Media, Politics
Is Big Brother coming for the press?

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to monitor hundreds of thousands of news sources around the world and build a database that it enables it to track and search journalists, editors, and “media influencers” based on their beat and past work.

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December 11, 2017 | DeAnne Cuellar | Free Speech, Media
Save Net Neutrality! It enables women and people of color to thrive online and amplify their own stories—uncensored and on their own terms

As a crucial FCC vote nears, a broad coalition is mobilizing to keep an open Internet in the United States.

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November 27, 2017 | Lynn Melnick | Free Speech
Shame on me: My time in Amazon's penalty box

Why is a woman's truth-telling about sexual violence considered “adult content”?

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November 09, 2017 | Robin Morgan | Economy, Free Speech, Media, Science and tech
Why we need to rein in the tech monopolies

Big Tech monopolies are endangering the Republic and free speech. It's time for some common-sense regulation.

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October 27, 2017 | Rebecca McCray | Feminism, Free Speech, Gender-based violence, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Media, Misogyny, Politics
A night at the Women's Media Awards: Leading the way for women after an oppressive year

A confluence of normalized misogyny and devaluing of women made Thursday’s Women’s Media Awards all the more uplifting, emphasizing the power of sisterhood and the voices of women in media.


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