Freedom of speech is a bellwether: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights more generally.

How is this legal? The First Amendment, after all, protects freedom of speech in nearly absolute terms. It allows people to ...

We have hired a government to protect our speech, not to tell us how to live. Instead, it does whatever will keep it in power ...

In an open letter published by Spanish media, Ms Ortiz herself warned that the book threatened to “re-victimise” those ...