free speech

Charles Hermes and Carolyn Rodriguez were arrested at a Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting in late January.

At issue is a Texas law that mandates pornography websites verify the ages of their users before they gain access to the material.

Two weeks after city officials overturned a ban on discriminatory content at city-owned facilities, community leaders are split on how the policy will impact residents.

Almost 90 demonstrators protested a private event at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden that included sessions on Christian nationalism and “The War on White America.”

The city of Fort Worth permitted a True Texas Project conference with pro-Christian nationalism speakers on its property. Experts and local leaders say they didn't have a choice.

The arrest of dozens of Pro-Palestinian demonstrators since last week has left First Amendment advocates asking who gets to enjoy speech protections in Texas.

The governor singled out pro-Palestine groups and said they should be subject to discipline.

A limited edition Billy Hassell lithograph of West Texas wildlife was cut up on Fall Gallery Night by another Fort Worth artist during a live performance titled “White men who paint landscapes are not artists.”

Joy Alonzo was suspended and investigated after she allegedly criticized Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at a lecture on the opioid crisis. Free speech advocates call the probe "blatantly inappropriate."

Suzanne Jones was one of four Collin College professors fired for what the school said were violations of internal and public policies tied to the college's COVID-19 re-opening, involvement with a campus faculty organization and signing an open letter demanding the removal of Confederate monuments.

History professor Michael Phillips is now the third teacher in the past year to sue Collin College. Like the other two whose contracts were not renewed, he says the college routinely violates faculty free speech rights. The college disagrees.

At issue is whether schools may punish students for speech that occurs online and off-campus but may affect school order. The case is the biggest test of student speech rights since 1969.