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FILE PHOTO: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange makes a speech from the balcony of the Ecuadorian Embassy, in central London, Britain February 5, 2016. Photo by Peter Nicholls/REUTERS

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange makes last-ditch attempt to avoid U.S. extradition

By William Brangham, Alexis Cox, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako

A man walks at an empty campus green at Georgetown University, closed weeks ago due to coronavirus, in Washington

College campuses become focus of debate over what constitutes free speech

Since the attack by Hamas and Israel’s ongoing response, there have been bitter debates on many college campuses over which side bears responsibility. This plays into already raging debates at many schools over free speech and academic freedom. Judy Woodruff…

By Judy Woodruff, Connor Seitchik

A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S. in Washington, U.S., May 22, 2021. Photo by Erin Scott/REUTERS

News Wrap: Supreme Court sides with cheerleader kicked off squad for social media post

In our news wrap Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a Pennsylvania school was wrong to suspend a girl from cheerleading over a social media post. The justices also struck down a California regulation allowing labor unions to recruit agricultural…

Why this pro-democracy Hong Kong activist decided to flee his home

The reverberations from China’s new national security law, which restricts freedom of speech in Hong Kong, continue. Nathan Law is a prominent pro-democracy activist who fled Hong Kong after the crackdown. He joins Nick Schifrin to discuss what protesters on…

With Hong Kong crackdown, Xi Jinping signals he’ll pay a high price for power

Hong Kong is reeling from the impact of a new national security law imposed by the central government in Beijing. After nearly 25 years of relative freedom, residents are confronting a new reality in the semi-autonomous city. And the change…

How Trump’s executive order on campus free speech could affect colleges

President Trump signed an executive order Thursday requiring that U.S. colleges seeking federal research funding must certify that their policies support free speech in order to receive it. Amna Nawaz talks to Jerry Falwell Jr., and Georgetown University’s Sanford Ungar…

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How should media decide whether to publish controversial images?

By PBS NewsHour

When the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published cartoons of the prophet Muhammad in 2005, protesters set fire to Danish embassies. Flemming Rose, the paper’s culture editor at the time, was the target of an assassination plot. More than 10 years later,…

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Twitter Chat: What is the role of satire in modern society?

By Nora Daly

How important are political cartoons and other forms of satire to contemporary society?…

Corporation for Public Broadcasting announces grant in honor of press freedom

By News Desk

"Now more than ever it takes so much courage to be a journalist. To understand that every word you may write, every cartoon you might draw could be your last. The chilling effect this can have may result in stories…

In ‘Rosewater,’ remembering humor and humanity after torture

By PBS NewsHour

In 2009, journalist Maziar Bahari was held for months in solitary confinement in a Tehran prison after being charged with being a spy. He turned his real ordeal into a memoir, which has now been dramatized as "Rosewater," a new…

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