NYC urges people not to use n-word
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New York declared the n-word off limits to whites and blacks alike Wednesday in a purely symbolic resolution prompted by the increasingly casual use of the slur in hip-hop music, comedy and street slang.
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A new in-your-face safe-sex campaign is using street language to hook in its audience. Using real people and animation with a hip-hop music bed, the message on the advertisement is &#39;no rubba, no hubba hubba.
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For decades, Paul Mooney has left people howling with laughter and cringing at the same time. During a typical routine by the black comedian &#151; mostly about the screwy state of race in America &#151; the n-word could roll off his tongue dozens of times.
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Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- An anti-war group sued top New York City officials for refusing a permit to allow 250,000 people to rally in Central Park on the day before the Republican National Convention.
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Jay Evensen, in one of his typically lucid, thoughtful columns (Sept. 3), pointed out that free speech means nothing if no one listens. Last week in Salt Lake City we had a virtual "free speech festival" that never drew the attention of those whom they most hoped to influence.
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A prominent leader of the settler movement is urging followers to engage in non-violent civil disobedience, in an effort to halt the removal of Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.
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After the death of a mare in Manhattan, a call to ban the cityâs famous horse-drawn carriages has sparked a national debate.
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Plus: eBay outlines policy on racist language. [News.com Extra]
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Seeking to play down tensions, candidates, and former president, tone down comments.
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The longtime chairman of the Roger Williams University board admitted Monday to using the N-word during a board meeting, saying it "kind of slipped out."
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Forget the megaphones. Police will have a much more high-tech &#151; and louder &#151; option to make themselves heard over the din of Manhattan traffic and noisy protesters outside the Republican National Convention.
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Some protesters-in-waiting seem to think that their right to free expression can&#39;t be separated from the right to trash New York City&#39;s Central Park.
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Columbia University was urged on Thursday to withdraw a speaking invitation to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who will be in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
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New York City employee pension  funds are calling on two top Internet companies to do more to  protect free speech in repressive countries, joining a year-old  campaign by human rights groups.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  May 31--DURHAM -- Someone sprayed "KKK" and other racial slurs at an apartment complex Wednesday. The messages appeared to be directed at the management, police said.
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In a Chroncle editorial titled "The Jews", Trinity senior Philip Kurian has created a global uproar.  The editorial complains that Jews are, as a community of special interest, stifling free speech.  The response of the Jewish community to this oped has been to stifle free speech.
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Protesters and onlookers arrested  during the Republican National Convention sued New York City on  Thursday and said police had violated their free speech and  other constitutional rights.