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AllStances™: Free Speech on Campus

AllStances / October 21st, 2021 / By Henry A. Brechter

Should hate speech be kept off campus, has it been defined too broadly, or is it not a valid concept at all?

AllStances, Free Speech, Campus Speech, Education, Higher Education, Culture, Cancel Culture, Polarization

Cancel Culture, Communication, & the Quest for Humanism | Steven Pinker with John Wood, Jr.

Recommended Reading / June 9th, 2021 / By John R. Wood Jr.

Professor Steven Pinker is on a mission to spread the good news of human progress. He asserts that human life, for all its problems, has overwhelmingly improved in recent generations. But how is the progress of humanity threatened by our inability to appreciate it? And how is that...

Braver Angels, Podcast, Cancel Culture

AllStances™: Cancel Culture

AllStances / August 4th, 2020 / By Julie Mastrine

Is cancel culture a problem? Should there be social consequences for some views? Which views? Explore all perspectives and opinions on cancel culture with AllStances™ by AllSides.

Cancel Culture, AllStances, Perspectives

Story of the Week: Cancel Culture Commands Nation's Attention

Story of the Week / July 9th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. The U.S. is undergoing a vast cultural reckoning, as people clash over eradicating purportedly systemic oppression, preserving civil debate, and protecting free thought and expression. Known as cancel culture,...

Story Of The Week, Culture, Cancel Culture, History

Story of the Week: Statue Toppling, Commercial Re-branding Follow Calls for Social Change

Story of the Week / June 25th, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

Sign up here to receive the Story of the Week in your inbox every Thursday. A wave of calls for social change is manifesting in movements throughout the country, including efforts to overhaul products with racially-tinged branding and take down public monuments of figures with...

Story Of The Week, Culture, Cancel Culture, Race And Racism, Business, History, American Heritage

Media Bias Alert: Coverage of Don Cherry's Firing Differs on Left and Right

Bias / November 13th, 2019 / By Julie Mastrine

Longtime TV personality Don Cherry, considered by many to be a legendary personality due to his 38-year career, was fired by Sportsnet Monday after he said not enough people (or immigrants, depending on whom you ask) in Toronto wear poppies to honor veterans on Remembrance Day. The...

Media Bias, Don Cherry, Cancel Culture, Culture War, Race And Racism, Political Correctness

Tag: Cancel Culture