Shelf Awareness provides a useful overview of the free speech and First Amendment debates currently roiling the USA:
In the last week, two pieces in the New York Times have explored or touched on the issue of free speech.
Last Friday, a Times editorial entitled "America Has a Free Speech Problem," began, "For all the tolerance and enlightenment that modern society claims, Americans are losing hold of a fundamental right as citizens of a free country: the right to speak their minds and voice their opinions in public without fear of being shamed or shunned." .... continued
In the last week, two pieces in the New York Times have explored or touched on the issue of free speech.
Last Friday, a Times editorial entitled "America Has a Free Speech Problem," began, "For all the tolerance and enlightenment that modern society claims, Americans are losing hold of a fundamental right as citizens of a free country: the right to speak their minds and voice their opinions in public without fear of being shamed or shunned." .... continued