In May 2020, when the pandemic was still in its infancy, Spotify paid over $100,000,000 to become the exclusive platform of mixed martial arts commentator Joe Rogan’s popular Joe Rogan Experience (JRE) podcast. Now, nearly 2 years later, this decision, which received relatively little media coverage at the time, is coming back to bite them.
Read moreFree Speech Lecture Kicks Off Community Dialogue Series
On Thursday, Sept. 13, Professor Sigal R. Ben-Porath traveled to Skidmore to deliver a keynote address. During her lecture, Ben-Porath stressed the importance of free speech as a principle for all in a democracy, focusing on the ways in which we consider and respond to challenges to free speech.
Read moreProfessor Sigal Ben-Porath to Give Free Speech Lecture
On Sept. 14, University of Pennsylvania’s Education and Politics Professor Sigal Ben-Porath will give a lecture about free speech on college campuses. In her book, Ben-Porath focuses on the important role free speech plays on increasingly diverse college campuses. Her lecture will take place this Thursday, Sept. 13 at 7 P.M
Read moreYiannopoulos and the Debate on Campus Speech
Repressing any speech is equivalent to repressing all speech.Many students are enamored with the idea that everyone should be able to speak, but only as long as that speech does not cause offense or indignation.
Read moreThe Deprivation of Debate
Even if all sides cannot agree on solutions to the problem of free speech on college campuses, we need to acknowledge that the problem exists – and we must be able to talk about it.
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