Local schools all scored below average, with the University of Pennsylvania ranked second-worst in the nation.
By Lauren Jessop
Guy Ciarrocchi: It’s the First Amendment for a reason
Free speech and the laws protecting it were once seen as part of the American tradition. They should be again.
By Guy Ciarrocchi
Multimillion-dollar jury award against Starbucks could be significant to fired professor’s lawsuit against St. Joe’s
A jury awarded $25 million to a Starbucks manager who said she was fired to help the company’s crumbling public relations image regarding race. The case has parallels with a fired professor from St. Joe’s.
by Todd Shepherd
Lawmakers quiet on street preacher arrest at Reading Pride event
Preacher’s arrest raises First Amendment concerns in Berks County, but legislators keep mum.
By Christen Smith
Andy Bloom: Some people’s First Amendment rights are more equal than others
Conservatives are right to notice that their free speech rights are being shut down to protect the liberal establishment’s feelings.
By Andy Bloom
Tredyffrin/Easttown backs down from censorship of Conestoga High School newspaper
After rebuke from free speech lawyers, the district now claims they never raised the “equity” claim in their censorship efforts.
By Linda Stein
School newspaper’s “destination map” for departing seniors violates district equity policy: Report
Tredyffrin/Easttown administration demands that students censor facts in the name of “equity.”
By Todd Shepherd
Police, Springfield Township agree to injunction on Thin Blue Line flag ban
Banning this flag — and only this flag — raises First Amendment issues, the plaintiffs’ lawyer says.
By Linda Stein
Joe D’Orsie: The Twitter Files — let us not soon forget
The Twitter Files show that an outrageously partisan leadership team knowingly limited conservative voices.
By Joe D’Orsie
Andy Bloom: What a dozen years working with the Howard Stern Show taught me about freedom of expression
Free speech is an American value and essential to a functioning democracy.
By Andy Bloom