Free Speech and the a C O U

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Many institutions that were built around the defence of a very expansive conception of free speech seem to be balking at the fight. At the a c l u, in particular, there is a realy roiling internal debate between people who want to live up to what the historic mission of the organization has been. And it seems like they want to turn it into a progressive organization that will decline to defend fre speech when it is offensive. This one was a story, when i took on the speeth that i wanted to do because i'd been hearing about this from friends for a long time.

Michael Powell is a reporter for The New York Times, covering issues including free speech, education and identity politics. His reporting takes him from the campuses of elite universities and private schools to the halls of the ACLU.

In this week’s conversation, Michael Powell and Yascha Mounk discuss whether the left has cooled on free speech, what’s lost in the national discussion about critical race theory, and how establishment institutions across the United States are being transformed.

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