Salesman-in-chief: Trump leans on Freedom Caucus to avert government shutdown
Donald Trump just convinced dozens of Republican hardliners to do what House speakers from John Boehner to Kevin McCarthy ...
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When Dissent Becomes a Crime: The War on Political Speech Begins
You can’t have it both ways. You can’t live in a constitutional republic if you allow the government to act like a police ...
Demand freedom for Jimmy Lai — the brave dissident Beijing can’t break
He’s a man who can’t be bought off or bullied. Neither carrots nor sticks have prompted Jimmy Lai to kowtow to Beijing.
What the numbers say about the erosion of American freedom
Freedom in America is at risk, with democracy and the press facing significant challenges. How do you measure freedom?
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Iowa regents tell campuses to ‘refrain’ from political and policy posts
The proposed revisions clarify expectations regarding university management and oversight of institutional social media ...
Israel’s pivot to the right brings unprecedented crackdown on freedom of speech
Mahmoud Muna looked on in in disbelief as plain-clothes Israeli police officers rifled the shelves in his decades-old ...
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From Canadianos to freedom fries, there's a long history of renaming foods amid political tensions
In 2003, U.S. politicians moved to rename French fries served in the House to "freedom fries" amid strained relations with France over the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. That year, the maker of ...