Free speech
Brown University president Christina Paxson to step down after Trump administration clashes
Paxson said she planned to leave her job a year earlier, but extended her tenure at the university to "navigate a federal funding freeze that imperiled our mission."
I left Germany looking for free speech and found it in a room full of Israelis, Arabs, and Iranians
Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with terrorism, issues arrest warrant
Trump teleprompter operator accused of placing insider bets on presidential speech scripts
Masked vandal smashes entrance to Haaretz offices, days after similar attack on Channel 12
Security footage showed the individual reaching through the entrance grates and tossing two bricks at a glass door, which punched a hole through the entrance before he fled.
White nationalist group Patriot Front marched through Washington DC ahead of Independence Day
Many were carrying the group's flag, Confederate flags, and variations of the US flag, at times chanting "Reclaim America."
UK medical org. to investigate NHS use of IHRA antisemitism definition over free speech claims
The British Medical Association has passed a motion calling for an investigation into the use of the IHRA antisemitism definition in the NHS, citing concerns over free expression among staff.
Beirut summons academic following Hezbollah criticism, calling freedom of speech into question
Lebanese Christian sovereigntist figures, including President of the Universal Syriac Union Party (USUP) Ibrahim Mrad, have urged Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to intervene in the case.
Kanye West concerts at public Tampa stadium locked in despite fierce backlash over Nazi praise
“Why on Earth would we use tax dollars to fund someone who has called himself a Nazi and praised Adolf Hitler?” Senator Rick Scott asked at a news conference.
Anti-Israel Columbia protest leader Mohsen Mahdawi fights deportation to Jordan
Mahdawi, who was arrested last April for undermining US foreign policy and government counter-antisemitism efforts with his pro-Palestinian campus activism, had been ordered removed to Jordan.
Sarah Lawrence student senate rejects J Street U chapter after fierce backlash
'Student senators compared recognizing the group to approving ‘a white supremacist organization.’
In double trouble: Iran’s oil crisis – opinion
Given that the Islamic Republic’s lifeblood – oil – is being squeezed, it should learn from history that collapse always begins with a warning sign such as this one
Proposed antisemitism laws in France, Italy stir free speech debate
Critics of the laws, including academics and left-wing politicians, allege that they will censor pro-Palestine activism and contribute to conflating Jews with the state of Israel
US Supreme Court rejects Colorado's ban on LGBT 'conversion' talk therapy
The 8-1 ruling, authored by conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, rejected Colorado's argument that its law regulated professional conduct, not protected speech.
