The “white civil rights rally” is set to occur on the one-year anniversary of the deadly rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, that left one person dead and injured dozens of others. The Washington Post reported that: “An organizer of last year’s deadly white-supremacist gathering in Charlottesville has received initial approval from the National Park Service to […]
J.K. Rowling reminded the world that free speech is a two-way street during a speech at the PEN America literary gala on Monday night. Rowling, a British novelist, screenwriter and film producer best known as the author of the Harry Potter fantasy series, defended free speech and presumed Republican nominee Donald Trump’s right to be […]
Bill Maher talked about Charlie Hebdo, free speech and radical Islam during Friday night’s edition of “Real Time with Bill Maher. “ Maher began his monologue by asking the audience “hey, who’s ready for a little free speech in America, what do you say?” He went on to note that if there was a theme […]
As the Los Angeles Times reports, “there’s a special kind of irony emanating right now from the UC Berkeley campus. A group of offended students is trying to get the political satirist Bill Maher banned as the school’s winter graduation speaker, even as the campus is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement.” […]