Tag: Controversial Rhetoric

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What the Declaration of Independence does – and doesn’t – say about God

On the Fourth of July 1776, the congressional delegates in Philadelphia adopted the Declaration of Independence, then ordered that it be widely “proclaimed.” Couriers...

James Comey’s ’86 47′ seashell Instagram post sits in a murky legal zone between protected political speech and criminal threat

In the case of United States v. James Brien Comey Jr., the U.S. president’s security is pitted against the bedrock right to free speech...

After Minn. church protest, states are toughening penalties for disrupting services

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — At least four states have adopted laws this year making it a crime to disrupt worship services, a reaction to...

Free Speech For People Files Ethics Complaints Against Law Firms Latham and Simpson Thacher

Free Speech For People, a national nonpartisan legal advocacy organization, continues to push for accountability for the firms that entered into illegal agreements with...

Free speech or race-baiting? Tenn. shooting stirs debate over livestreamer’s approach

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A judge on May 21 set a $1 million bond for a white livestreamer charged with attempted murder for allegedly...

Kurt Vonnegut’s daughter is following in his footsteps

This article first appeared in the Spring 2026 issue of Index on Censorship, The monster unleashed: How Hungary’s illliberal vision is seducing the Western world published...

Index on Censorship seeks new senior editor

Are you our new senior editor? Index is on the hunt for a new senior editor to work at the heart of our editorial team...

Met Police apologise to Graham Linehan

Max Thompson, Campaigns Officer ...

There’s no freedom without a free press

Two hundred and fifty years ago revolutionaries put their lives on the line to stand up to the greatest military and economic power on...