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Censorship campaigns can have a way of backfiring – look no further than the fate of America’s most prolific censor

  • Written by Amy Werbel, Professor of the History of Art, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
Censorship campaigns can have a way of backfiring – look no further than the fate of America’s most prolific censorThe vast majority of Americans support the right to free speech.Jacek Boczarski/Anadolu via Getty Images

In the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term in office, his administration has made many attempts to suppress speech it disfavorsat universities, on the airwaves, in public school classrooms, in museums, at protests an...

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