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Explore the debate and science of Speech Codes.

June 5, 2018

NAS Submits Testimony on Confucius Institutes

National Association of Scholars

NAS policy director Rachelle Peterson submits written testimony to the United Kingdom on Confucius Institutes.

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July 31, 2015

Bias-Free Language Obscures the Real Issue: Character

A University of New Hamphsire guide to "bias-free language" is more concerned with words than with what really matters.

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February 4, 2015

How Do College Speech Codes Originate?

George Leef

George Mason University law professor Todd Zywicki writes for the John William Pope Center about his attempt at eradicating his school's speech code. 

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March 25, 2014

Stanford’s Safe Space

Joshua Bridges

Free speech clashes with the safe space movement at Stanford University. 

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February 19, 2014

Boxed In: The Destructive Evolution of Campus Free Speech Zones

Joshua Bridges

Many college campuses have implemented "free speech zones," but these zones do anything but protect free speech.

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January 30, 2014

Let Them Speak! Why It’s Important to Let Speakers Speak

Joshua Bridges

At many universities, students have shot down speakers who announce differing opinions. By doing so, they undermine their own intellectual development.

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October 9, 2013

Kudos: Amherst President Defends Free Speech

Glenn Ricketts

Amherst College president Carolyn Martin stands tall in defense of free expression.

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