The so-called “marketplace of ideas” doesn’t simply reward truth or the strongest arguments— it rewards power. Without guardrails, the strongest players dominate while minority views are sidelined.

Editor: Talk of resistance is once again in full bloom as a second Trump term is just days away. Resistance in America is both a right and a privilege not afforded to many around the globe. That said, ...

Editor’s Note: This is the third installment of Civil Discourse, a column where columnists Helen Nguyen and Addison Walsh share their perspectives on a political story or event covered by The Heights.

Stengel is an MSNBC analyst and the former Editor of TIME. Stengel is an MSNBC analyst and the former Editor of TIME. On a sweltering August afternoon in 1918, on the fourth floor of a hat factory on ...

The article is here; an excerpt: I think we need to update the metaphors we use around free speech. Everyone can see that our communication tools and practices are evolving fast, with a mix of welcome ...

The “marketplace of ideas” embodies a simple First Amendment concept: If everyone can speak freely, then the best ideas will rise to the top and be implemented, to the benefit of all of society. The ...

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes framed the concept of the “free trade in ideas” in his famous 1919 dissent in Abrams v. United States. This theory of intellectual capitalism — commonly known as the ...

Do those with the biggest megaphones value free speech more than the rest of us? Billionaires Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg proclaim censorship to be evil, even as the algorithms on the platforms they ...

“Should teachers and other public employees who express personal and political opinions outside of their professional duties be held in account for them at work?” We love our jobs, but they do not ...

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes framed the concept of the “free trade in ideas” in his famous 1919 dissent in Abrams v. United States. This theory of intellectual capitalism — commonly known as the ...

On a sweltering August afternoon in 1918, on the fourth floor of a hat factory on east 93rd Street in Manhattan, a young Russian immigrant named Hyman Rosansky tossed anti-war flyers out the window to ...