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WFU professor resigns after post justifying violence from Hamas

Wake Forest Professor Laura Mullen has resigned after she sparked outrage with a since-deleted tweet that blamed Israel for the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants, specifically the murders at the Supernova Music Festival that killed more than 250 Israeli civilians. The private university publicly defended Mullen’s comments as an example of free speech, but...

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Judge weighs injunction in Earls’ First Amendment lawsuit against judicial standards group

A federal judge could decide soon whether to block North Carolina’s Judicial Standards Commission from investigating state Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls. US District Judge  William Osteen heard nearly three hours of arguments Thursday on Earls’ motion for a preliminary injunction against the judicial standards group.

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New court filing offers details about Earls’ feud with judicial standards group

State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls objects to a requested time extension for a formal response to her federal First Amendment lawsuit. Earls’ latest court filing offers details about her ongoing dispute with a state judicial standards group.

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Earls’ First Amendment lawsuit reassigned from Biggs to Osteen

State Supreme Court Justice Anita Earls’ First Amendment lawsuit against a state judicial standards group will proceed in front of a federal judge appointed by former President George W. Bush, not one appointed by former President Barack Obama.

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Split NC Appeals Court affirms professor’s firing, dissent raises First Amendment concerns

The N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed the University of North Carolina System’s decision to fire a Winston-Salem State justice studies professor in 2019. But the split 2-1 ruling raised questions about the professor’s First Amendment rights.

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Freedom is the solution, not the problem

The “problem” with freedom is that other people may do things that trouble, annoy, or even anger you. In a free society, you have no legitimate authority to stop them. Strictly speaking, that’s not a problem. It’s a solution. Throughout human history, much suffering has derived from a lack of freedom. One faction obtained government...

John Hood
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UNC Chapel Hill to launch School of Civic Life to advance civil discourse, open inquiry

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will work to develop a School of Civic Life and Leadership to teach students in an age of cancel culture and censorship how to develop the knowledge and skills needed to advance and support a healthy democracy. The Board of Trustees voted 12-0 on Thursday to support...

Jennifer Kabbany
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Lawsuit: Big Media and Big Tech conspired to block COVID news

An anti-trust lawsuit was filed this week against legacy media giants and big tech companies for their collusive agreement to shut down anti-vaccine coverage during the height of the COVID pandemic. Associated Press, Reuters, BBC, Washington Post, Meta, Microsoft, and Google censored coverage questioning the safety and efficacy of COVID vaccines.

Donna King
Opinion

Making space for heretics

Since Elon Musk took over Twitter, he and the site have been under pressure to reign in alleged misinformation and unfavored opinions that the old ownership had limited. Even Sir Elton John just announced that he’s departing the platform because misinformation is “being used to divide the world” and Twitter is allowing it to “flourish...

David Larson