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Many people are left speechless when a companion uses ethnic, sexist or racist slurs. But researchers say there are ways to cut such remarks short.

By BENEDICT CAREY and JAN HOFFMAN

The National Coalition Against Censorship writes that schools that punish protesters are impeding constitutionally protected political speech.

An advocacy group wanted to place a billboard at Newark Liberty International Airport which explained that requiring a passenger to switch seats based on gender was illegal. It was rejected.

By GINIA BELLAFANTE

A few blocks from the arena hosting the Republican convention, in a 10-acre downtown commons, a full-throated national conversation is taking place.

By DAN BARRY

Conservatives take it too far, but Im tired of liberals pretending its not a problem.

By JUDITH SHULEVITZ

Liliane Daoud, a Lebanese-British journalist who was sent to Beirut, Lebanon, in June, is one of many people who say they have been barred from the country.

By NOUR YOUSSEF

Kem Ley, a prominent commentator who recently helped found a political party, was gunned down Sunday at a gas station in the capital.

By JULIA WALLACE

A judges words about freedom of expression belong at the top of Prime Minister Modis reading list.

Lam Wing-kee, who went public about his monthslong detention in mainland China, was one of five men connected with Mighty Current Media who disappeared last year.

By AUSTIN RAMZY

The right-wing Law and Justice Partys effort to impose its nationalist message on the state broadcaster has prompted wide concern about press freedom.

By ALISON SMALE and JOANNA BERENDT

The court did not give the artist and liberal political activist, Chen Yunfei, a new date for the trial or explain the delay, his lawyer said.

By EDWARD WONG

Lam Wing-kee had indicated that he had been followed over the previous two days by people he did not recognize, an official said.

By AUSTIN RAMZY

Mr. Snowden, who took refuge in Russia after leaking classified United States data, called a Russian bill an assault on free speech.

Lu Yuyu, whom the authorities have accused of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, was taken into custody on June 16 in Dali, his friends said.

Mr. Chen, an artist, has been detained for more than a year after visiting the grave site of a victim of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

By EDWARD WONG

Measures approved by the lower house of Parliament include a prison term for failing to report a planned terrorist act, as well as restrictions on religious activities.

Our campuses must be places where students can learn from those of different races, ethnicities and beliefs and do so with genuine openness.

By JOHN PALFREY

To protect American values and promote civic discourse, universities need to show that disagreement is not oppression and argument is not assault.

By NICHOLAS A. CHRISTAKIS

Schools seek to balance the conflicts between allowing free expression and maintaining a sensitivity to those offended by language that is deliberatively upsetting.

By ABBY ELLIN

Lam Wing-kee publicly described months in mainland Chinese custody, but former colleagues and a woman who says she is his girlfriend have disputed what he said.

By MICHAEL FORSYTHE

Many people are left speechless when a companion uses ethnic, sexist or racist slurs. But researchers say there are ways to cut such remarks short.

By BENEDICT CAREY and JAN HOFFMAN

The National Coalition Against Censorship writes that schools that punish protesters are impeding constitutionally protected political speech.

An advocacy group wanted to place a billboard at Newark Liberty International Airport which explained that requiring a passenger to switch seats based on gender was illegal. It was rejected.

By GINIA BELLAFANTE

A few blocks from the arena hosting the Republican convention, in a 10-acre downtown commons, a full-throated national conversation is taking place.

By DAN BARRY

Conservatives take it too far, but Im tired of liberals pretending its not a problem.

By JUDITH SHULEVITZ

Liliane Daoud, a Lebanese-British journalist who was sent to Beirut, Lebanon, in June, is one of many people who say they have been barred from the country.

By NOUR YOUSSEF

Kem Ley, a prominent commentator who recently helped found a political party, was gunned down Sunday at a gas station in the capital.

By JULIA WALLACE

A judges words about freedom of expression belong at the top of Prime Minister Modis reading list.

Lam Wing-kee, who went public about his monthslong detention in mainland China, was one of five men connected with Mighty Current Media who disappeared last year.

By AUSTIN RAMZY

The right-wing Law and Justice Partys effort to impose its nationalist message on the state broadcaster has prompted wide concern about press freedom.

By ALISON SMALE and JOANNA BERENDT

The court did not give the artist and liberal political activist, Chen Yunfei, a new date for the trial or explain the delay, his lawyer said.

By EDWARD WONG

Lam Wing-kee had indicated that he had been followed over the previous two days by people he did not recognize, an official said.

By AUSTIN RAMZY

Mr. Snowden, who took refuge in Russia after leaking classified United States data, called a Russian bill an assault on free speech.

Lu Yuyu, whom the authorities have accused of picking quarrels and provoking trouble, was taken into custody on June 16 in Dali, his friends said.

Mr. Chen, an artist, has been detained for more than a year after visiting the grave site of a victim of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.

By EDWARD WONG

Measures approved by the lower house of Parliament include a prison term for failing to report a planned terrorist act, as well as restrictions on religious activities.

Our campuses must be places where students can learn from those of different races, ethnicities and beliefs and do so with genuine openness.

By JOHN PALFREY

To protect American values and promote civic discourse, universities need to show that disagreement is not oppression and argument is not assault.

By NICHOLAS A. CHRISTAKIS

Schools seek to balance the conflicts between allowing free expression and maintaining a sensitivity to those offended by language that is deliberatively upsetting.

By ABBY ELLIN

Lam Wing-kee publicly described months in mainland Chinese custody, but former colleagues and a woman who says she is his girlfriend have disputed what he said.

By MICHAEL FORSYTHE

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