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UVA touts free speech on Grounds while continuing to restrict student organizers 

Charges against student protesters arrested May 4 have been dropped, but the University of Virginia continues to grapple with protections for and restrictions on freedom of speech. While celebrating its […]

Catie Ratliff | September 25, 2024

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Come together: Revised UVA speech policy earns high marks

By Jonathan Haynes Despite the controversy over the University of Virginia’s revisions to its right-to-assemble policies, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has awarded the university its highest free […]

C-VILLE Writers | January 2, 2019

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Tactical change: Not your grandpa’s protest

In images from the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s, African-Americans in their Sunday best peacefully protested, and when violence occurred, it came from police or from virulent […]

Lisa Provence | May 31, 2017

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Free-er speech: Controversial display prompts library policy changes

Nine months have passed since library patron Mike Powers voiced his concern over a sex-ed display in the front lobby of the main branch of the Jefferson-Madison Regional Library. Following […]

carasalpini | January 28, 2016

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