DARE: Sentsov Released, PEN America Honoree Calls for Release of Other Prisoners
Dozens of U.S. states are set to launch antitrust and privacy investigations into Facebook and Google as scrutiny of the big tech firms increases. More
DARE: State Department Bars Press Corps from Pompeo Briefing, Won’t Release List of Attendees
State Department excludes its press corps from a briefing call with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and says it won't distribute a transcript or list of... More
DARE: Florida Sixth-Grader Arrested after Dispute with Teacher over Pledge of Allegiance
A sixth-grader in Florida is facing misdemeanor charges for refusing to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. Nonprofit organization Fight for the Future... More
DARE: Immigrant Rights Attorneys and Journalists Denied Entry into Mexico
U.S. immigration lawyers and journalists denied entry into Mexico, possibly due to their advocacy and media coverage of the conflict at the Mexican... More
DARE: Democrats Capture Control of House; G.O.P. Holds Senate
With unusually high turnout for a midterm election, Democrats gain the majority in the House and Republicans retain control of the Senate. Voters bring... More
DARE: Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border
ProPublica fuels the fire of a raging debate over family separations at the border through release of an audiotape of children wailing for their parents. LA Times, under new… More
DARE: A Judge May Soon Decide Whether Trump Must Unblock People on Twitter
Federal court hearing to be held on case of Twitter users blocked by Trump. Florida middle school teacher is relieved of duties amid revelations of a white supremacist podcast… More
DARE: Student who survived Florida shooting pleads with Trump and Congress: ‘Please, take action’
Students who survived the shooting rampage at their Florida school take to social networks and the news media with their pain and outrage, many demanding that this time adults… More
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I had such a great conversation about free speech in higher ed with the terrific @TerriGivens that she made it into a podcast! 🙂
Learn more about our work @PENamerica and the great work being done by @center_higher by listening in.
https://soundcloud.com/highereducationleadership/higher-education-leadership-podcast-episode-7-with-jonathan-friedman
Indiana University condemned a professor's reprehensible tweets but did not fire him: http://bit.ly/37q1qM1. How should universities respond if asked to fire a professor over #freespeech? Learn more with our #CampusFreeSpeech Guide: http://bit.ly/2OBtmnT.
In addition to PEN America's new report on the #localnews crisis, @JulieSandorf's (w/ @Revson_Fdn) @SSIReview article explores the vitally important role #localjournalism plays in communities: http://bit.ly/ssirLocalNews.