Loury warned against a future shaped by systems of self-censorship. “Argumentation becomes ritual, compromise becomes betrayal. This culminates in what can be described as the collapse of common ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polarization has led many people to feel they're being silenced. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik For decades, Americans’ trust in one ...

Olivia Remes, an expert on anxiety disorders, says, “People with anxiety often edit what they’re about to say in their minds because they don’t want to offend anyone; they try to find the perfect ...

Whenever an authority has influence over a population — be it a social media platform moderating user comments, a government imposing laws on its citizens, or an employer placing restrictions on ...

Ann Telnaes is my new hero. Telnaes, if you weren’t sure, is the former Washington Post political cartoonist who resigned in protest when the Post spiked one of her cartoons — a piece depicting the ...

A student protester is dragged out from the crowd and arrested during a pro-Palestinian demonstration at the University of Texas at Austin on April 24, 2024. A new survey found the Israel-Hamas war ...

CBS Evening News producer Alicia Hastey left the network and shared a parting note with her colleagues. On Wednesday1, New ...

From social media to everyday interactions, showing our real emotions can feel risky. But staying true to yourself is its own accomplishment. People are complex, with all kinds of sides to their ...

University professors across the political spectrum in Texas are preemptively self-censoring themselves for fear of damaging their reputations or losing their jobs, according to a new survey from the ...