This article was originally published by The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. Texas is considering a sweeping set of legislative changes that would erode First Amendment protections, emboldening corporations and powerful individuals to use retaliatory lawsuits to silence their critics. If passed, the bills...
A new pope has taken the helm of the Catholic Church, after being elected in a two-day conclave in Vatican City. Crowds of faithful erupted into cheers as Robert Prevost, 69, appeared at the balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square for the first time. He will now be known as Pope Leo XIV, and is the...
This story was originally published by Prism. A growing coalition of activists, civil rights groups, and concerned citizens is pushing back against anti-boycott laws in the Midwest, which they say are eroding fundamental freedoms. Organizers are starting with efforts to repeal such legislation in Minnesota, Illinois, and Wisconsin. These states have come under scrutiny for...
Former vice-president Kamala Harris has criticised the Trump administration’s agenda in her first major speech since losing the US election. Speaking at an event run by Emerge, a political organisation that recruits and trains Democratic women to run for public office, she singled out the administration’s handling of the economy and immigration policy. But, she...
Jake Horton & Lucy Gilder BBC Verify Getty Images President Trump used a rally in Michigan to mark what he claimed had been “the most successful first 100 days of any administration in the history of our country, according to many, many people”. He highlighted his efforts to tackle illegal immigration, to bring back jobs...
McElhenney, 48, posed for photographs with Wrexham supporters and joined in with celebrations during the course of what could prove a pivotal victory for the Welsh club against Steve Bruce’s side. They now lead Wycombe by two points with just two matches remaining this season as they bid to secure an historic third successive promotion....
I offer this reflection a bit sheepishly, and with a great many apologies, since it is just over three months late. In December, I agreed to write something on antifascist organizing and direct action in the wake of the election of Donald Trump, and told Brett that I would get him the text in January....
The US is a “beacon of hope for millions of people around the world,” he said amid his sweeping deportation campaign. Secretary of State Marco Rubio touted the closure of a State Department office focusing on foreign disinformation in a self-congratulatory statement crediting himself for being a harbinger of free speech on Wednesday — as...
Former US President Joe Biden has used his first speech since leaving the White House to attack the work of his successor, Donald Trump. Speaking at a conference in Chicago, Biden said Trump has “done so much damage and so much destruction” in his first days in office. Read full article at source...
Joe Biden has used his first speech since leaving office to criticise the Trump administration’s welfare policies. The ex-US president told a conference in Chicago that the government had “taken a hatchet” to Social Security, a system which Donald Trump and Elon Musk – who is leading the White House’s cost-cutting efforts – have said...
Rory McIlroy tells his daughter Poppy to “chase your dreams” in an emotional speech after winning the Masters to complete his craeer Grand Slam at the Augusta National. READ MORE: McIlroy beats Rose in Masters play-off to seal career Grand Slam Available to UK users only. Read full article at source...
“The old order has changed,” the Spokane Chronicle proclaimed on October 1, 1909. “The men are now chasing the police.” The Chronicle was referring to a flood of workers leaving Spokane for a nearby town. The workers aimed to demonstrate against the local police department’s brutal crackdown on labor activists speaking in public. The fact...
Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire Livia Tossici-Bolt was found guilty of two charges of breaching the Public Spaces Protection Order on two days in March 2023 A woman convicted of breaching an abortion clinic protection zone has said she will continue her “fight for free speech”. Livia Tossici-Bolt, 64, was given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered...
Universities could face multi-million-pound fines for breaches of freedom of speech rules, the Office for Students (OfS) said. The University of Sussex was fined £585,000 after the OfS said its equality policy – which includes rules to “positively represent trans people” – could prevent staff and students voicing opposing views. Sussex was investigated after Prof...
Branwen Jeffreys Education Editor Getty Images The University of Sussex has been fined £585,000 by the higher education regulator, the Office for Students (OfS), for failing to uphold freedom of speech. It follows the case of Prof Kathleen Stock, who left the university in 2021 after being accused of transphobia for her views on sex...