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University of Michigan’s Free Online Course on “Fake News”

The University of Michigan has an exciting new “teach out” program, where faculty experts are creating mini courses that will available to thousands of people for free, online. It’s modeled after the...

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I’ll Be Addressing the European Union about Government Repression in the U.S.

I’m honored to announce that I will be delivering a keynote address at a meeting co-hosted by the European Union and Council of Europe, speaking about the rise of authoritarianism in the United...

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New Online Course on Fake News and Propaganda

The online course I co-created at the University of Michigan is now available online for free at Coursera! Full details below. ___________________________________ We are excited to announce a new...

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Far-right protests leave U.S. cities scrambling to balance safety, free speech

I was featured in Reuters for this article about the rise in neo-Nazi, far-right violence. An excerpt: As recently as the 1990s, white nationalist groups held demonstrations in small towns that were...

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The FBI’s Secret War on Journalism

I’ll be delivering the Howard R. Marsh Lecture at the University of Michigan next week, about my work investigating the FBI’s surveillance of journalists throughout U.S. history. If you’re in the area,...

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Free Online “Teach-Outs” about Free Speech, Press Freedom, offered by...

For the past several months I’ve been working with a fantastic team of national experts and designers at University of Michigan on several new “teach-outs” about free speech on college campuses, in...

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Our New Documentary on Puerto Rico and #HurricaneMaria

The official death toll of Hurricane Maria is up, again. And the news comes as we release a bold project from the University of Michigan, based on our on-the-ground investigation. I recently led a...

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New Article in Denver Law Review

Back in February, I was invited to deliver the keynote address at the Denver Law Review symposium. In addition to being one of the premier law schools in the United States, the Sturm College of Law is...

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New Documentary About Activists Imprisoned as Terrorists for Bringing a...

“The Animal People” Documentary A small group of protesters brought a multinational corporation to financial ruin (multiple times) through a controversial, but nonviolent and lawful, protest campaign....

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“Ag-Gag Me with a Spoon”

“One day, Amy Meyer went to see a slaughter-house near where she lived, and she ended up becoming the United States’ first ag-gag criminal.” Those lines from Bleeped host Matthew Billy really capture...

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