Home Tags Free speech

Tag: free speech

Syracuse University professors placed on leave cheering Charlie Kirk death

Syracuse University professors Jenn Jackson & Farhana Sultana placed on leave cheering Charlie Kirk death amid calls for their sacking amid outrage over 'insensitive' social media posts.  Syracuse University has placed two professors on leave following comments they made in...

Texas State student expelled mocking Charlie Kirk’s death identified

Joshua Isaiah Hayes, or Joshey I. Hayes aka 'Jigaboo Jackson' identified as the Texas State University (TXST) student caught on viral video re-enacting the shooting death of divisive conservative influencer, Charlie Kirk, leading to his expulsion and wide debate...

Charlie Kirk memorial vandalised at Benton County courthouse by Arkansas Tech student

Kerri Melissa Rollo, Arkansas Tech University Student, Identified as Suspect in Charlie Kirk Memorial Vandalism at Bentonville Court House amid demands to have her expelled and fired from her place of employment, Bella's Table.  Update: Kerri Melissa Rollo and her...

Texas State University student expelled mocking Charlie Kirk death during vigil

Texas State University student expelled acting out Charlie Kirk assassination as viral video shows the un-identified student repeatedly slapping his neck and mocking the conservative icon's shooting death during on campus vigil. The slippery slope of when 'free speech' is...

Gina Carano, Disney Settle Legal Dispute Over ‘Mandalorian’ Firing but why now?

Gina Carano, Disney Settle Legal Dispute Over ‘Mandalorian’ Firing but why now? A reconsideration of political correctness, cancel culture or just Elon Musk's billions backing the conservative actress and changing tide in America?  Would Elon Musk have come to the...

Fan wearing MAGA hat escorted out of St Louis stadium cause of no politics rule

Michael Weitzel St Louis fan wearing MAGA hat escorted out of St Louis stadium cause of club rule banning political statements. But is the rule being applied evenly and what does that say about first amendment rights and free...

Trump halts all student visas, demands vetting of social media accounts

Trump indefinitely halts all student visas, demands vetting of social media accounts as it claims elite universities are too liberal, woke and fermenting antisemitism on campus as colleges continue to allow student protests against the ongoing conflict in Gaza,...

Tufts student release from ICE detention puts brakes on Trump policy

Rumeysa Ozturk Tufts student ordered released from ICE detention in judicial ruling on Friday is yet the latest pushback against the Trump administration's attempt to muzzle anti-Israel dissent amid concerns of executive over reach along with freedom of speech...

Minnesota white woman who called black kid n-word raises over $647K to relocate

Shiloh Hendrix Givesendgo Fundraiser raises $649K after Rochester, Minnesota 'white' woman is filmed using 'N-word' as she claims fearing reprisal and needing to move. How incident led to wider themes of free speech, hate crime, racism, online harassment as...

GMU student essay asking when is the right time to kill Trump leads to secret service visit

Nicholas Decker, GMU Phd student at George Mason University Substack essay 'When Must We Kill Them?' leads to school officials calling law enforcement after the student demands that in certain instances the lethal use of violence is justified. Calls...

White House Correspondents association drops outspoken critic of Trump hosting event

Comedian Amber Ruffin cancelled from hosting White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) dinner cause she refuses to be reigned in amid continual assault on free speech amongst media, press and social commentators of Washington.  Define free speech? The White House Correspondents...

Yunseo Chung Columbia student sues Trump to stop ‘illegal’ deportation

Yunseo Chung Columbia South Korean student files lawsuit against Trump administration to stop 'illegal' deportation of permanent resident student participating in campus activism, with suit alleging, Trump has sought to use the threat of deportation as a wedge against...

Georgetown University researcher detained by ICE over ‘Hamas’ propaganda

Badar Khan Suri, Georgetown University researcher detained by ICE over allegations of ‘Hamas’ propaganda, raising questions of academic freedom and free speech and wrong think.  And once again ... A researcher at Georgetown University was detained by federal immigration authorities...

Palestinian activist leader arrested as Colombia University protester faces (illegal) deportation

Mahmoud Khalil Palestinian activist leader arrested as Colombia University protester faces deportation amid questions of its legality and the criminilization of free speech and Donald Trump's attempt to constitute Pro Palestine speech as equivalent to anti-semitism and supporting terrorism...

Free speech? Iowa pediatrician comment against MAGA supporter leads to demands to fire him

Dr. Mayank Sharma Iowa paediatrician response to X comment from MAGA supporter leads to calls for his firing amid questions whether he is fit to retain his position at children’s hospital or simply exercising his free speech?  An Iowa pediatrician’s response to...