News & Commentary about Free Speech
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Protecting free speech means protecting a free press, the democratic process, diversity of thought, and so much more. The ACLU has worked since 1920 to ensure that freedom of speech is protected for everyone.
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![Protester holds a sign that says All Immigrants are Welcome Here.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/03/IWM_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Mar 27, 2023
This Law Could Criminalize Everyday Conversations About Immigration
![A protestor wearing a t shirt that says No Cop City.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/03/CCATL_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Mar 24, 2023
How Officials in Georgia are Suppressing Political Protest as ‘Domestic Terrorism’
![Two pieces of art that were censored at the Lewis-Clark State College Center for Arts and History.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/03/AA2_Blog-400x266.jpg)
Mar 21, 2023
An Idaho College Censored Their Reproductive Health Care Art, But These Artists Won’t be Silenced
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Feb 22, 2023
Is This the End of the Internet As We Know It?
![Author George M. Johnson.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2023/02/GEORGE_M_JOHNSON-Blog-400x266.jpg)
Feb 16, 2023
Author George Johnson on Writing Black, Queer — and Banned — Stories
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Feb 16, 2023
Their Memoir Is One of the Most Banned Books in America
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Jan 12, 2023
The Dangers of Drag Censorship with Peppermint
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Dec 15, 2022
End of Year Pop Quiz: How We Showed Up for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties in 2022
![In the foreground (at an intersection,) two protesters carry signs with one reading "EDUCATION WITHOUT LIMITATION" and the other "TEACH US THE TRUTH", while in the background, other student demonstrators line an overpass protesting a proposal to emphasize patriotism and downplay civil unrest in the teaching of U.S. history.](https://assets.aclu.org/live/uploads/2022/11/STOP_WOKE-Blog-V1-400x266.jpg)
Nov 29, 2022
Lessons Learned from Our Classroom Censorship Win Against Florida’s Stop W.O.K.E. Act