People in a democratic society need freedom to make harsh, even extreme political statements with a minimum of cultural editing. The Second Amendment protects access to lethal weapons. This ...

At top leadership's direction, UT faculty crafted a statement on academic integrity, saying colleges must create a culture of ...

Senators have left Washington as the government shutdown marks day 31 and amid a looming deadline for SNAP benefits.

When Frederick Douglass spoke in Cork on October 23, 1845, his message was clear and uncompromising. The formerly enslaved ...

Michael Shelden, a Dean’s Research Professor, and a renowned biographer who has written about George Orwell, Winston ...

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The Ocracoke Observer cannot stand by and watch the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution be subject to repeated attacks. “Congress shall make no law respecting ...

Alexander Hamilton published political pamphlets. Benjamin Franklin did, too. So did Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and numerous other ...

The above title comes from a book by Nat Hentoff, columnist for the Village Voice, who virulently attacked censorship as a denial of Americans’ First Amendment freedom of speech, freedom of the press, ...

I want to commend Michel Hall for his eloquent and commendable response to the Sept. 21 opinion piece, “As a conservative, I feel targeted by Kirk’s death” (“After Kirk killing, other Americans also ...

Although Allen Iverson and his ex-wife, Tawanna Turner, divorced 12 years ago, they've repaired their relationship for the better. AI, who was married to Turner from 2001 to 2013, spoke about their ...

“We took the freedom of speech away,” President Donald Trump boasted in his opening remarks at his “antifa roundtable” Wednesday. The remark came as Trump touted an August 25 executive order seeking ...

COBB COUNTY, GA — This week is banned books week 2025 as set by the American Library Association and Banned Books Week Coalition. The theme this year is “Censorship Is So 1984, Read For Your Rights.” ...