To the girl who wrote in our school paper that freedom of speech ends where touchy subjects begin and the hall councilor who told me my politics make me a bad lesbian, Let me explain. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, I know how it feels to be unable to express yourself freely; to…
By Sarah Gompper On May 7th, 2013, syndicated advice columnist John Rosemond received a cease and desist letter from the office of the Attorney General of Kentucky, Jack Conway, regarding an article he had published in the Lexington Herald-Leader nearly three months earlier. The letter was on the behalf on the Kentucky Board of Examiners…
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Reddit bans ‘Fat People Hate,’ other subreddits under new anti-harassment policy By: Ryan Carrillo PODCAST – Subscribe on iTunes Ellen Pao, CEO of Reddit, or Chairman Pao as some users on Reddit have taken to calling her, put her stamp on the popular website as many feared she would. Yesterday Reddit began banning community forums known…
Student activist group Turning Point USA broke a story concerning Professor John McAdams of Marquette University. The conservative educator has been teaching at the university for thirty-five years, and recently criticized liberal professor Cheryl Abbate in a blog post for banning students from discussing gay marriage in her class. Abbate’s justification for the ban was that the comments would…
Video of the Debate at Fordham University is below. Live Debate @ 7PM! Streaming from Campbell Hall in Fordham University! Notorious Ph.D Mark Naison Vs. The Freedom Ninja Austin Petersen Fiscal Cliff – Foreign Policy – Civil Liberties & Law Enforcement – The Environment – American Values Are politicians going to send…
Today marks the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. Before then, East & West divided neatly down a line manned by men with guns and barbed wire. This was a time when the boundaries between cultures were laid in stone and cemented with the blood of those who attempted…