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Is freedom of speech best upheld by law or by culture?
Jonathan Rauch explains the difference between canceling and criticism
Red Bull has just shown the way forward for all who want to prevent a total Marxist-style takeover of business and government in America.
An open letter to the NFL players, an opinion piece You graduated high school in 2011. Your teenage years were a struggle. You grew up on the wrong side of the tracks. Your mother was the leader of the family and worked tirelessly to keep a roof over your head and food on your plate. …
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively have expressed deep remorse for their choice of wedding venue, not knowing it was an old plantation.
A resurfaced C-SPAN video from 2004 shows Jerry Nadler fiercely opposing paper-based ballots during a Capitol Hill hearing.
After being dragged to the surface and fed a little snack, ancient oceanic bacteria from over 100 million years ago sprang back to life.
Using just a pipette and a magnetic stirring device, a ragtag group of scientists is attempting to fast track the development of a COVID vaccine.
A 3D hologram of George Floyd, who died at the hands of Minneapolis police in May, replaced a Confederate statue in Richmond, Virginia.
Kamala Harris hit Joe Biden's civil rights record at the 2020 presidential debate. Here's what to know about Biden's history with busing.
A team of scientists studying how sex chromosomes are linked to differences in the brain has to tread lightly, lest their work be misrepresented.
I mean, those French fries are legendary, and if you get them without also getting some for your partner, frankly you belong in jail.
On August 5 1620, the Pilgrims left Southampton to embark on their historic transatlantic voyage - but they had no idea of the challenges to come
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Mayor Eric Garcetti's plan to shut off utility service to violators of bans on private gatherings poses grave civil liberties and due process concerns.
NASA has an unfortunate history of granting insensitive and bigoted nicknames to stars, galaxies, and other stuff in space.
Because of that, the space agency announced on Wednesday that it’s taking stock of all the various nicknames it’s assigned and eliminating any that don’t pass muster. In those instances, NASA says that going forward it will only use the official, acronym- and numeral-heavy names instead.
Apparently, if you've filled out an online form but didn't hit "submit," the company still gets all your information.
"In these unprecedented times of COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent increase in the incidence of mental health conditions, accessing ways to improve community mental health and reduce the incidence of anxiety, depression and suicide is ever more important."
Douglas County, Nevada Sheriff Daniel J. Coverley told the staff of the library not to bother calling 911 for emergencies at the library since they wanted to support Black Lives Matter.
State-backed Chinese hackers allegedly hacked the Vatican to get a leg up on upcoming diplomatic negotiations over Catholocism in China.
Social media giants pulled the video of doctors in lab coats talking about coronavirus research and they hid it from the public.
"Clearly it is unrealistic to imagine that the human society would start to be affected by the deforestation only when the last tree would be cut down."
Several people in Virginia have received unsolicited packages of seeds in the mail, possibly originating from China.
Defining a Hate Crime
A hate crime is a traditional offense like murder, arson, or vandalism with an added element of bias. For the purposes of collecting statistics, the FBI has defined a hate crime as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.” Hate itself is not a crime—and the FBI is mindful of protecting freedom of speech and other civil liberties.
A global pandemic pushes the local mall toward its day of reckoning.
While the latest research suggests that antibodies against Covid-19 could be lost in just three months, a new hope has appeared on the horizon: the enigmatic T cell.
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There is no Free Speech when social media giants are allowed to decide what gets posted and what is seen. Perhaps, we have not evolved sufficiently to manage the migration from print to instant availability and a great base in which to share. But no matter what your view, if we do not tolerate the modern-day free speech, we succumb to the Totalitarian State.
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