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Speak Up: A Student Forum on Hate Speech, Academic Freedom, and the First Amendment

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
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DARE: As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants

News DigestDecember 19, 2018

New York Times investigation shows the new breadth of Facebook user 'data-sharing,' including reading of private massages, phone numbers, and calendars... More

DARE: Brett Favre ‘Sickened’ after Being Tricked into Recording Anti-Semitic Video for White Supremacists

News DigestDecember 4, 2018

Celebrities including Brett Favre and Soulja Boy say they were tricked into recording white supremacist videos. UC Berkeley to settle free speech lawsuit... More

DARE: On Thanksgiving Eve, Facebook Acknowledges Details of Times Investigation

News DigestNovember 26, 2018

One week after New York Times investigation, Facebook acknowledges having created and propagated misleading and false content on its platform in a bid to... More

DARE: White House Drops Effort to Suspend Press Pass for CNN’s Jim Acosta; Outlines Rules to Reporters

News DigestNovember 20, 2018

White House reverses itself, fully restoring Jim Acosta's press pass and prompting CNN to drop lawsuit. Letter from senior White House communications... More

DARE: CNN’s First Legal Threshold in Acosta Case: A Temporary Restraining Order

News DigestNovember 14, 2018

First hearing scheduled for today in CNN suit against the president and top aides over denying correspondent Jim Acosta his credentials to cover the White.. More

Can We Talk? A Student Dialogue on Politics and Free Speech on Campus

Monday, November 12, 2018 | 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
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PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel’s Statement on First Amendment Rights on Campus

AdvocacySeptember 25, 2018

We at PEN America work extensively on issues related to campus speech, and have long expressed concern with growing attacks on inclusiveness, diversity, and tolerance in higher education. More

DARE: New York Review of Books Editor Is Out Amid Uproar Over #MeToo Essay

News DigestSeptember 20, 2018

New York Review of Books editor Ian Buruma is abruptly ousted amid furor over publication of essay by former Canadian radio journalist Jian Ghomeshi. More

Department of Education Reopening Case against Rutgers Could Pave the Way for Infringements on Free Speech

Press ReleaseSeptember 14, 2018

“Putting aside the motives behind OCR’s decision to revisit this old case, the invocation of this broad definition of anti-Semitism in the context of a civil rights investigation runs… More

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For lovers of Layli Long Solider and Claudia Rankine, we recommend books by @Danez_Smif, @TianaClarkPoet, @morganapple, and more: https://t.co/ZjuhZpa8Zs

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“Clark offers a study into the simultaneous dissolution and unification that comes with inhabiting a body which is both historical and personal.”

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Dolly Parton announced that her charity @dollyslibrary, which gives free books to children, will be expanding to a fifth country. https://t.co/3Ur8qg1w4o

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