free speech

The Iowa House passed a bill that calls for faculty and students at the three state universities to be trained each year about free speech rights. Rep. Dustin Hite, R-New Sharon, said the bill is in response to incidents in which the views of conservative students at the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa were dismissed or denigrated.

Tax breaks and government contracts for big tech companies like Google and Facebook could be cancelled under a bill advancing in the Iowa Senate.

In this edition of River to River, host Ben Kieffer talks with legal scholars Emily Hughes of the University of Iowa and Tony Gaughan of Drake University…

A northwest Iowa library has been inundated with donations from in and outside of the state after a man burned several LGBTQ children’s books during a gay…

A library in northwest Iowa is considering its next steps after a religious activist burned several books.Paul Dorr from religious group Rescue the…

It’s been more than 50 years since Mary Beth Tinker was suspended for wearing a black arm band to school in protest of the Vietnam War, leading to the…

Last year at the Iowa State Fair, Jason Powell of Des Moines said his free speech rights were violated after security guards ordered him to stop preaching…

In 1965, 13-year-old Mary Beth Tinker arrived at her Des Moines junior high wearing a black armband to protest the Vietnam War. Little did she know that…

In an election year when billions will be spent on political advertising, how much can you trust the claims you see on TV? Host Ben Kieffer talks with Tim…