Jan 07 Watch 24:27 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode January 7, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Jan 7, fallout from the Michael Wolff’s controversial book on the Trump presidency, and campuses address racial inequality. Also, the marijuana industry braces for new federal guidelines. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Continue watching
Jan 07 Watch 12:11 Evergreen copes with fallout, months after ‘Day of Absence’ sparked national debate By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green Students and staff at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, are teasing out how to define and express issues of racism and oppression on campus almost one year after an annual event there provoked a national conversation on free speech… Continue watching
Sep 26 This is what Jeff Sessions just said about free speech By Erica R. Hendry Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Tuesday during a speech at Georgetown University that the Department of Justice would renew its commitment to "enforce federal law, defend free speech, and protect students’ free expression from whatever end of the political spectrum… Continue reading
Sep 26 WATCH: Sessions says U.S. will intervene in campus free speech cases By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press In declaring free speech "under attack" on college campuses, Sessions dove into an issue that has become a cause celebre for conservatives who argue their voices are being drowned out on college campuses as speeches by right-wing figures have been… Continue reading
Sep 14 University of California, Berkeley ramps up security before Ben Shapiro speaks By Associated Press Authorities plan to seal off the campus' central hub, Sproul Plaza, and create a perimeter around several buildings, including where Ben Shapiro, a former editor of Breitbart News, was set to speak to a sold-out, 1,000-person audience. Continue reading
Aug 19 Thousands counter-protest ‘free speech’ rally in Boston By Omar Etman Thousands of counter-protesters overpowered a scheduled "free speech" rally by far-right groups in Boston on Saturday. Continue reading
Jun 20 Watch 8:05 Schools are watching students’ social media, raising questions about free speech By PBS News Hour As universities have started paying close attention to the internet presence of prospective students, high schools have also begun cracking down, sometimes hiring outside companies to police social media posts for bullying or abusive language. But monitoring raises other problems,… Continue watching
Mar 06 Middlebury students shout down controversial writer Charles Murray By Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed Middlebury students chant and shout to prevent Charles Murray from speaking. He later is led to a private location, where a discussion with a professor is livestreamed. After the event some attack car carrying Murray and a professor. Continue reading
Dec 16 Watch 2:57 Why college should be a journey of listening By PBS News Hour Recently, free speech and censorship on college campuses have been hotly debated. Nathan Heller of The New Yorker believes that the solution to this dilemma lies not in the way we speak, but in the way we listen. When people… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 7:37 Cuban attitudes toward Castro range from devout to cynical By PBS News Hour, Nick Schifrin In the week following Fidel Castro’s death, reactions have been mixed among those who remember his reign or are still influenced by it. For many, Castro was a symbol of Cuba's hope, following the Batista dictatorship, for strong leadership in… Continue watching