Free Speech

Dozens of people gathered outside WTNH headquarters in New Haven on Thursday to protest Nexstar, the parent company of the ABC affiliate, for refusing to air Jimmy Kimmel Live! after comments Kimmel made about Charlie Kirk — a move Gov. Ned Lamont (D) said was bad for Connecticut.

U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is leading a Democratic effort in Congress to protect government critics after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel. The bill would shield nonprofits, faith groups, media outlets, and schools from federal retaliation for exercising free speech.

White supremacist propaganda incidents in Connecticut increased by 17% in 2023, according to the Anti-Defamation League.

Three protesters, including two Gateway Community College students, were detained after advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza during a campus visit from Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont and acting U.S. Secretary of Labor Julie Su on Thursday.

Students in Connecticut have faced insults, threats, and even violence as reported cases of Islamophobia and antisemitism rise on campus. But experts posit that some threats come from far outside of the communities being targeted. And they encourage students to use that perspective to open dialogue with one another, despite their differences.

As presidents of major universities in the country come under fire for inadequate responses to hate speech on campus, students question where free speech ends and unprotected speech begins. Experts define hate speech, threats, and more.

Students are confused, anxious, and hurt. It hasn't always been clear how they should be interacting with their college administration when using their free speech and expression.

A federal bankruptcy judge on Monday cleared the way for a defamation lawsuit in Connecticut to proceed against Infowars host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said Wednesday that he now understands it was irresponsible of him to declare the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax and that he now believes it was “100% real."

When it comes to free speech, most of us have an opinion. But what is free speech, and how free should it be? What if someone is knowingly making hateful,…