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soul of the nation campaign bus

political religion | 2020 Presidential Election | first amendment | freedom of expression

The Soul of the Nation?

A campaign slogan raises interesting questions about what, exactly, we're all fighting for...

October 26, 2020

Berkeley riot | Christianity | first amendment | free speech | freedom of expression | higher education | Milo Yiannopoulos | Stephen Prothero | Western civilization

Why Milo Scares Students, and Faculty Even More

Editor's note: For a collection of responses to this piece, please see “A Packet for Rachel Fulton Brown” (March 2, 2017). On Wednesday, February 1st, there was a riot at the University of California, Berkeley. The College Republicans had invited ...

February 16, 2017

Pew Research Center | polls | first amendment | US Constitution | elections

Pseudo-Events Clash -- Martin E. Marty

On the border between events and pseudo-events....

September 29, 2014