D.C. students sue over alleged censorship of pro-Palestinian activity

A group of students at D.C.’s Jackson-Reed High School claims in a new lawsuit that administrators unlawfully censored their speech when they were barred from hosting pro-Palestinian events and sharing information about Palestinian culture.

The suit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of D.C., claims that the high school’s Arab Student Union was treated differently from other student groups when school leaders allegedly asked it to censor materials and go through “procedural roadblocks” to host events.

“Their activity was being prohibited simply because the school, for some reason, didn’t...