Articles tagged: free speech
In Their Rush to Appear Pro-Israel, Texas Lawmakers May Have Stepped on Free Speech
A growing number of people have reported that a state law is forcing them to choose between their political beliefs and payment for their labor.
To make extra money while attending the University of Texas at Austin, Obi Dennar often worked as a judge for high school debate tournaments. In October, after ...Read More
Social Media Ban Could Curb Free Speech Behind Bars
Prison reform activists say a new social media policy inside Texas prisons could keep both prisoners and advocates from talking about life on the inside....Read More
Arresting Development
A settlement for my illegal arrest at the 2004 Republican National Convention means the case is finished—but it doesn't feel like closure.
Receiving a settlement check for my illegal arrest at the 2004 Republican National Convention means the case is closed—but it doesn't feel like closure....Read More
Being Charlie Hebdo
We cannot simply stop at support for free speech when we talk about the murders at Charlie Hebdo; we must go further and ask: What do we do next?...Read More
Are You Now, or Have You Ever Been, Charlie Hebdo?
If #JeSuisCharlie is too divisive, how about #JeSuisEverythingButTheTerrorists?...Read More
Art as Politics at Texas State University
As part of Texas State University’s ongoing Common Experience initiative, pianist, composer, and Texas State alum Dr. Wayne Oquin returned to his alma mater l...Read More
Confederate Plates: Free Speech or Hate Speech?
Texans love their symbols. From the Lone Star to Longhorns, from Texas A&M University’s beloved Reveille to armadillos, there’s an image for every Texan...Read More
Nullifying Health Care and Free Speech
Several hundred of Texas’ anti-government “patriots” —including birthers, deathers, Tenthers, libertarians, tea-partiers and backers of GOP ...Read More