Free Speech & Peace

Karith Foster travels the country talking about free speech, respect, and everything in between. And she makes people laugh while she’s doing it.

Stand Together Trust, along with the Lincoln Network and Medium, brought together designers and legal experts to discover the ways in which interface and UX design merge to influence the types of interactions users have on online platforms.

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902) was one of the leading figures of the early women’s rights movement and is best known for her efforts in writing the Declaration of Sentiments for the Seneca Falls Convention and for organizing the women’s suffrage movement in the United States. Throughout her life, Cady Stanton passionately sought to elevate the […]

Last week, Colin Kaepernick, the quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, landed in the national spotlight for refusing to stand during the pre-game playing of the national anthem. Talking to reporters after the game, Kaepernick explained his decision by stating that he could not take pride in a country that “oppresses black people and people […]

On August 29 we celebrate the birthday of the “Father of Liberalism”, John Locke (1632-1704). Most notable for his theories of property, natural rights, and government by consent of the people, his ideas are still widely read in classrooms throughout the world. Born and raised in England, Locke studied medicine and natural philosophy at Oxford […]

The issue of free speech on campus has a long history beyond today’s disinvitation of speakers and shouting down of professors. In the 1960s, protests at the University of California, Berkeley, were in favor of free speech and against universities playing the role of parent. The issue rose again to prominence in the late 1980s […]

The United States has led a successful effort to grant United Nations accreditation to the Committee to Protect Journalists, a press freedom organization. CPJ’s U.N. accreditation effort stalled in May when a subcommittee to the U.N.’s Economic and Social Council, which is responsible for accrediting nongovernmental agencies, turned down CPJ’s request after four years of […]

July 29 marks the birthday of French historian and political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859), who is most well-known for providing a compelling analysis of American society in Democracy in America (1835). His observations and predictions have stood the test of time, allowing people of all generations to better understand the social, economic, and political […]

Writing for Reason, Alex Thomas describes the recent decision by North Carolina State University to amend their campus speech code. In the past, the code “require members to get permission before handing out information about their organization. As detailed by Thomas, the student group Grace Christian Life argued the policy was “not only unconstitutional but […]

Innovations in countless fields have transformed society and radically improved individual well-being, especially for the least fortunate. Every American’s life is now immeasurably better than it was 80 years ago. What made these dramatic improvements possible was America’s uniquely free and open society, which has brought the country to the cusp of another explosion of […]