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A person in handcuffs / New Africa, Shutterstock Four in 10 college students believe offensive speech should be subject to criminal prosecution, according to the results of a nationwide survey published this month by the Buckley Institute. The students were asked whether…
Oliver Kamm: Bruce Kent had noble intentions, but he ended his life in moral squalor Who broke Britain? Welcome to The i Paper’s opinion series in which experts and writers debate the issues that concern them about modern Britain. • Martin…
California’s next workplace lesson comes with an uncomfortable question: When does a religious belief become “hate speech”? Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1803 on September 27. Beginning Jan. 1, 2028, employers covered by California’s harassment-training law must teach workers to recognize, report, and…
Politically, the opposite of authoritarianism is democracy; cognitively, it is humor. Comedy may indeed be the best medicine for our seriously unwell era. Scholar John Morreall explains that “laughter can serve as a social corrective to get wrongdoers back in…
Quick, someone contact Matt Taibbi! TikTok has suspended the Musk film advertising account, citing a repeated pattern of political content that violates its policies. The move, which comes just as Alex Gibney’s investigation into Elon Musk expands to more than…
Deccan Herald The Bengaluru City Police Commissionerâs circular regulating the activities of transgender persons in public spaces has drawn criticism for stereotyping and targeting a historically marginalised community Complaints of aggressive solicitation, intimidation, extortion, and obstruction of traffic by…
Gad Saad couldn’t resist folding Jessica Tarlov into the conversation about Islamist gunmen on motorbikes wiping out entire Christian villages in Nigeria, because of course the Fox News co-host who never met a progressive talking point she couldn’t soft-pedal was…
Forty-nine years ago, the state walked into a newsroom and switched off the lights, confident the darkness would stay. It didn’t. Next year will be 50 years since October 19, 1977 – Black Wednesday. A month earlier, the apartheid state machinery killed the leader…
How the times have changed. In 1917, women with the National Woman’s Party started picketing outside the White House, demanding then-President Woodrow Wilson support the right for women to vote. Their assembly was peaceful and they were known as the Silent…
Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026 | 2 a.m. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that upheld Clark County’s ordinance known as the “Strip Selfie Ban,” which prohibits stopping or standing on pedestrian bridges along the Las Vegas Strip. The…