free speech

UNC Law student letter calls out ‘culture of bullying,’ silencing of dissent

March 10, 2021 A.P. Dillon

CHAPEL HILL — A letter penned by a group of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill law students details a “culture of bullying” at the school and pushes back on allegations of racism stemming […]

SAINE and BRYSON: Facebook should stop banning speech, but not the kind you think

March 3, 2021 State Rep. Jason Saine and Donald Bryson

Critical issues are being debated in North Carolina. The stakes are high as businesses like gyms and bars aren’t yet permitted to reopen fully, and parents continue to juggle jobs and their children’s schooling. However, […]

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Think tank releases annual campus free speech ratings. See how North Carolina schools stacked up

February 4, 2021 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Free speech on college campuses saw improvement for the 13th year in a row, according to a report by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, or FIRE. FIRE’s 2021 Spotlight on Free […]

WILLIAMS: The fight for free speech

October 7, 2020 Walter Williams

The violence, looting and mayhem that this nation has seen over the last several months has much of its roots in academia, where leftist faculty teach immature young people all manner of nonsense that contradicts […]

WILLIAMS: Intolerance in academia

October 16, 2019 Walter Williams

If you need an accurate update on some of the madness at the nation’s institutions of higher learning, check out Minding the Campus, a nonprofit independent organization. John Leo, its editor in chief, says that […]

MATTHEWS: Using government to shut down personal opinions you don’t like is not the answer

June 12, 2019 Stacey Matthews

Seven years after their war on Chick-fil-A began, the left’s message remains the same: You will be made to care. Or suffer the consequences for noncompliance. Since declaring open season on the fast-food chain, the […]

NOTHSTINE: Speaker ban back at UNC-Chapel Hill?

September 6, 2017 Ray Nothstine

Like other high profile universities, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill refused a request by Richard Spencer to speak on campus. The school’s chancellor, Carol L. Folt, cited “serious concerns about campus safety” […]

LANDESBERG: Shine the light of journalism on white supremacists

August 16, 2017 admin

Stay with me on this. I support the recent Charlottesville march of Nazis and white supremacists. I don’t want to limit their free speech and assembly any more than I want someone to limit mine. […]

College campuses buzz this week with new students

August 9, 2017 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — Excited to start a new chapter of their academic career, freshmen like Maddie Day of Raleigh will be lugging boxes and bags into dorms across NC State University’s campus Thursday in preparation for […]

Campus free speech bill stalls in committee

April 22, 2017 admin

RALEIGH — A House education committee Wednesday considered legislation to reinforce and codify free speech protections on campuses of the University of North Carolina System. House Bill 527, titled Restore/Preserve Campus Free Speech, requires the […]