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Inclusivity and Free Speech are Both Patriotic

Let’s take a closer look at how polarizing headlines and false dichotomies about a recent survey of college students flatten the notion of patriotism and simplify the complexity of people’s beliefs about free speech, hate speech, and inclusivity.

June 22, 2019June 16, 2019 Kate Lechtenberg Diversity
By Aaron Burden aaronburden (https://unsplash.com/photos/y02jEX_B0O0) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

First They Come for the Poets

The recent incident in Aurora, Ill., in which a self-described satirical poem by poet George Miller was removed from the library, is troubling for many reasons.

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018 Jamie LaRue Artwork & Illustrations, Censorship, Displays, General Interest
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Intellectual Freedom News – 8/18/2017

Charlottesville, Hate Speech, LGBT Library Displays and The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Approved in Conejo Valley

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017 April Dawkins Intellectual Freedom News
Hate Word Cloud

Milo Makes News Again

How does an intellectual freedom fighter deal with someone like Milo Yiannopoulos? Does the First Amendment guarantee a forum for every kind of speech?

March 2, 2017 Patricia Peters First Amendment, Intellectual Freedom Issues
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Intellectual Freedom News 11/28/16

November 28th, 2016 – New effort to label books “sexually explicit” in Virginia schools, hate speech in libraries, the right to be forgotten, and more…

November 28, 2016November 28, 2016 Kristin Pekoll Intellectual Freedom News
Milo Yiannopoulos, Photo Credit: Flickr/LeWeb14

Free Speech vs. Campus Safety: the Disinvitation Dilemma

Colleges increasingly withdraw invitations to controversial speakers, raising questions of free speech, public safety and the role of education.

October 21, 2016 Joyce Johnston Academic Freedom, Diversity, Information Access, Intellectual Freedom Issues
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