Free Speech

Inside The Free Speech Debate On College Campuses
Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt are the co-authors of a new book titled "The Coddling of the American Mind," and in it they argue an excessive college "safety culture" is...

Trigger Warnings And Safe Spaces: The Coddling Debate On College Campuses
Political correctness on college campuses. Are so-called "trigger warnings" and intellectual "safe spaces" creating a generation of students who can’t cope? Authors of a new book say "yes."

Figuring Out Free Speech At Harvard
Harvard revokes acceptances from 10 students who shared offensive messages on Facebook. Are they curbing hate, or censoring free speech? A little of both?

Safe Spaces, Trigger Warnings And The University Of Chicago
The University of Chicago is the latest school to push back against trigger warnings and safe spaces. We’ll look at the debate over political correctness on campus.

'Revolutionary Dissent': The Origins Of Free Speech In The U.S.
The raucous politics at the very beginning of the American Republic, and what we have now. Stephen Solomon, author of the new book Revolutionary Dissent joins us.
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Woodrow Wilson And Renaming Our History
The hot debate over Woodrow Wilson’s legacy and whether his name should be removed from the Princeton campus for his racist views. It’s now a national debate. Plus, protests drive...

What Free Speech Really Means
Two new books on free speech–one by a former New York Times correspondent, the other a Fox News contributor. They don’t see eye to eye—and tell us why.

Testing The Line Between Free Speech And Hate
An art show featuring cartoons of the prophet Mohammed. Two would-be killers gunned down. Free speech – hate speech – where’s the line?

Free To Speak, Free To Blaspheme? Islam And Blasphemy
Islam and blasphemy. What it is and how it’s used and abused, from Charlie Hebdo in France to Saudi Arabia and beyond.