Free Speech
Indiana School Counselor Wins Free Speech Victory Over District’s ‘Gender’ Policy
An Indiana school district agreed to pay $195,000 to settle with a school counselor who was fired for speaking to a journalist about the district policy of hiding students “gender identity” from parents. The case involved Kathy McCord, a 37-year…
Supreme Court Rules Street Preacher Can Challenge City’s Speech Ordinance
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of a street preacher who argues a city ordinance unconstitutionally prevents him from sharing his Christian faith in public. The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 in Olivier v. City of Brandon that Gabriel…
Austin Fire Chaplain Wins Settlement After Being Fired for Defending Biological Reality
A former volunteer chaplain with the Austin Fire Department won a settlement after being fired for defending biological reality on his personal blog. In a favorable settlement agreement, city officials paid him damages and wrote a letter…
Teacher Wins $650,000 After Being Fired for Refusing to Use ‘Trans’ Pronouns
An Indiana school district will pay $650,000 for firing a music teacher who refused to use students’ incorrect and antiscientific “preferred pronouns” in violation of his sincerely held religious beliefs. John Kluge taught orchestra and music…
María Corina Machado’s Nobel Journey – Religion & Liberty Online
I will never forget my encounter with María Corina Machado, in Lima, Peru, in 2014. Upon landing in that city she learned that the Venezuelan government, which had been persecuting her, had stripped her of her parliamentary immunity and that if…
‘The Babylon Bee’ Fights Hawaii Law Censoring Political Speech
The Babylon Bee went to court to challenge a Hawaii law banning “deceptive media” during the 10 months before an election. The Hawaiian legislature passed S2687 in July 2024, allegedly to stop the spread of election “disinformation and…
Why Self-Censorship is a Real Problem
A trusted colleague recently said to me, playfully, at our morning Daily Citizen editorial meeting, “Glenn, that’s an inside-your-head thought, not a say-it-out-loud thought.” She was right. Not saying everything that passes through our mind is…
Supreme Court To Hear Evangelist’s Religious Freedom Case
On December 3, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear an important religious freedom case brought by Gabriel Olivier, a Christian evangelist who was arrested for telling others about Jesus at a public park in Brandon, Mississippi. Six years ago, the…
Oregon School District Pays $650,000 for Firing Teachers Opposed to ‘Trans’ Policy
An Oregon school district has agreed to pay over half a million dollars in damages and attorneys’ fees for violating two educators’ free speech, religious freedom and equal protection rights. In February 2021, Oregon’s Grants Pass School…
How Academia Abandoned Evidence for Ideology
By The Stream Published on November 16, 2025 In this historical clip, Melanie Phillips exposes how Western academia abandoned objective truth for comforting ideological illusions. Melanie Phillips is a British public commentator with a…