Feb 25, 2026

In the years leading up to the American Revolution, newspapers and pamphlets overflowed with essays signed “Publius,” “Brutus,” and “A Farmer.” Those arguments helped shape a nation, but the authors’ real names were nowhere to be found.

Americans have long relied on anonymous speech to challenge the...

Feb 2, 2026

One year into Trump 2.0, we examine the administration’s record on free speech and how it compares to the president’s campaign pledge to “bring back free speech to America.” 

We also discuss recent ICE protests, including the right to carry a gun and to film law enforcement, and what these encounters reveal...

Jan 22, 2026

Recent protests in Iran have drawn renewed attention to dissent under the country’s authoritarian government. The demonstrations have been met with mass arrests, internet restrictions, and even accusations of murder. 

While large-scale demonstrations appear to have subsided for now, reporting from Iran describes a...

Jan 15, 2026

Thomas Paine arrived in America in 1774 with little to his name and a long record of personal failure behind him. Within a year, he wrote Common Sense, one of the most influential political pamphlets in history, helping to ignite the American Revolution and catapulting Paine into the American history hall of fame.

But...