Two recent flare-ups over commencement speeches show how difficult—and necessary—truly defending free expression is.

Today's U.S. university is overpoliced, with students and profs afraid to speak their mind and punished if they do.

Snoop Dogg delivered a powerful speech at USC's graduation Saturday, urging students to embrace their roots and rise above doubt with pride and purpose.

Controversy is swirling after New York University withheld the diploma of a student who made an “unapproved” pro-Palestinian ...

Amber Ruffin, Sarah Jessica Parker and more called for free speech at the 2025 PEN America Literary Gala on May 15 in New ...

In a commencement speech at Temple University, I shared my views on how new college graduates can compete with powerful ...

Catholic thought leader advises, ‘A dollop of humor, a serious challenge to the graduates to live as missionary disciples, ...

Three years before Elon Musk performed a Nazi salute on the stage of a Trump inaugural event and then proceeded to coordinate ...

The five canons of classical rhetoric – invention, arrangement, style, memory and delivery – can be very helpful when writing ...

The lasting fight for campus free speech in America might just be at public universities like UNC-Chapel Hill.

Alex Shieh, a student journalist at Brown University, asked questions about administrators' spending. Then the university investigated him.

The free speech watchdog’s new Students Under Fire report shows a shift in what speech is being targeted—and by whom—since ...