Are You a Conservative College Student? You Have Rights.
If you are a student on a college campus, there’s a very high likelihood you’re having your free speech rights violated — especially if you’re a conservative. Yesterday, on the…
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Why Won’t Colleges Arrest Violent Disruptors of Free Speech?
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary just added two new terms: “safe space” and “microaggression.” College conservatives, meanwhile, are just thinking about how to survive a campus culture that has turned deeply, virulently, and…
DePaul University President Calls Pro-Life Message “Bigotry”
At DePaul University in Chicago, it is now impossible to be both pro-life and pro-black lives — at least according the university’s president. Last week, Fr. Dennis Holtschneider silenced the…
Iowa Church Faced With Censorship Over Beliefs on Sexuality
It seems the long arm of left-wing totalitarianism stretches even to Iowa. Fort Des Moines Church of Christ is suing the Iowa Civil Rights Commission, claiming that the group is…
The Totalitarian Left Begins Its Crackdown on Thoughtcrimes
Yesterday here at The Pulse 2016, Jane Robbins noted a frightening implication from a federal judge’s recent decision to strike down a Mississippi religious liberty law. It is no longer…
The Media Ignores the Left’s Growing Violence
The “storm troopers” of the radical left have been busy in recent days. In California, open borders radicals beat up and harassed conservative activists attempting to attend the state Republican…
Silencing Conservatives on Campus
Last week, students at Emory University found messages written in chalk at various places on the campus. Some students were traumatized and complained to the administration that they were afraid and…
Dershowitz on the Left’s Intimidation Tactics to Pro-Israel and Christian Speakers
Now that Barack Obama has delivered his last State of the Union address, we can all enjoy waving goodbye to this far left president. But even after Obama is gone,…
Against the Hysteria: Trump Is Helping — Not Hurting — the Political Debate
There have been two voices of reason amidst the hysteria in response to Donald Trump’s latest outburst. “Instead of debating the proposal in a reasoned way, the political class—both parties—and…
Pew Poll: Americans Lead the World in Commitment to Free Speech
Yale students may be so traumatized they feel they need protection from Halloween costumes, but overall Americans lead the world in our commitment to freedom of speech as a principle, according…
Will Marquette, a Jesuit University, Fire a Professor for Opposing Gay Marriage?
Prof. John McAdams is warning that he may be fired for opposing gay marriage at Marquette University. The university is claiming it is not about free speech, but McAdams isn’t…
Yale Wasn’t Made for People Like Me, Either
Illiberal attacks on free speech are nothing new. In the early 1970s, the Yale administration pressured the Yale Political Union to disinvite William Shockley, who was in fact a racist.…
Breaking: Judge Releases Banned Planned Parenthood Video
In a major victory for the Center for Medical Progress, a judge in California has revoked a restraining order on the release of videos featuring Planned Parenthood’s fetal parts buyer,…
Judge Bans Release of More Planned Parenthood Videos
This is outrageous. A Los Angeles judge has just granted a preliminary injunction forbidding the Center for Medical Progress from releasing any videos featuring footage of StemExpress officials, though this…
First Fruits of JONAH Loss?
TheBlaze is reporting that an independent film about same-sex attraction called “Audacity” had generated 130,000 views for its trailer on YouTube when the trailer was abruptly pulled by YouTube in response to…
Fighting the New “Shut Up Culture”
The Pulse contributor Jon Schweppe has an op-ed in Townhall today on the growth of the “shut up culture.” Schweppe argues that while dissent and disagreement have always been a part of…
