In Orwell's "1984," Big Brother and his acolytes installed the practice of eliminating words, called ‘Newspeak.' 'The Party' was the name of the totalitarian government that used Newspeak to ...

Protests are a hallmark of university life — but on campuses across England, student activism and academic freedom are facing mounting pressure. Demonstrations against the war in Gaza are increasingly ...

Burt looks at how Freedom of Speech became central to the US creed. 1 Freedom of Speech is central to Burt’s work, which is why he put together two programs dealing with the subject. In this ...

Orwell died in 1950 at age 46, three weeks before Senator Joseph McCarthy’s speech declaring that he had a list of Communist sympathizers in the State Department, setting off the witch hunts of ...

Trump places free speech and freedom of the press under assault | Opinion Americans are being controlled over what media can report to us and therefore how much to think and what to think about.

Many Americans worry freedom of speech is fading, while others feel empowered to say what they want. NPR's Morning Edition explores this dynamic in a new series, The State of the First Amendment.

CBS News "60 Minutes" correspondent Scott Pelley condemned President Donald Trump and his administration during a commencement address at Wake Forest University Pelley told graduates that their ...

Orwell’s Big Brother also wanted to destroy the literature of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Bryon, etc. so he could control the way people could think, how much they could think and what they ...

'Orwell: 2 + 2 = 5' review: director Raoul Peck shows how we're living in Orwellian times, where Trump and other autocrats punish free thought.

A bill attempting to tackle misinformation online has stirred widespread controversy, with critics from across the political spectrum claiming it will infringe on freedom of speech.

It usually characterizes an action, an individual or a society that is suppressing freedom, particularly the freedom of expression ... Here’s how. Author George Orwell believed in objective, ...

Orwell’s Big Brother also wanted to destroy the literature of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Bryon, and so on so he could control the way people could think, how much they could think and what ...