After 2 Decades of Raids and Prison Stints, Liverpool's 'Cannabis Martyr' Is Still 'Fighting for Freedom'

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A Major 'Online Safety' Bill Cleared a Senate Committee. More Crackdowns on Internet Freedom Could Be Coming. 

What made the late-80s culture wars distinct wasn't ideology alone, but a landscape where art itself still mattered. Paul Elie explains

ICE Spent $525 Million on Surveillance Tech. Some of It Is Infringing on Americans' Freedom of Speech.

Brain-Computer Interface Advances Help Reconnect the Mind and Body

Hawaii's End Run Around Citizens United Faces a First Amendment Roadblock

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The Best Mars Photos Taken by the Curiosity Rover

AI Made Me Look Foolish. Then I Learned

Francesca Hong's Hateful Holidays, Burrito Prices, and Woke 1.0

Police Mix Up Usernames, Man Spends 18 Months in Prison for Someone Else's Sex Crimes

Inside a Venezuelan Political Prison: False Identities and Kangaroo Courts

Medieval parents — they're just like us! Forget the cold and indifferent caricature that has persisted for decades

Liberals Are Now Fighting a Two-Front War

New York Wants a $36 Billion Cut From Kalshi, Calling It an 'Illegal Gambling Operation'

What a Sino-American G2 Would Mean for Asian Security

Court Expresses Doubt About Lawprof's Attempt to Block Appointment of Federal Judge as U Kentucky Law School Dean

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MFA programs teach pacing, structure, rhythm. It can not teach a writer to have something worth saying

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