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The school board voted 5-2 in favor of the policy to allow hate speech, false science and false historical claims if a book is “educationally suitable.” But books will still be banned for containing drug use, descriptions of crime and sexual conduct.

Vera Daniels and Celeste Hoins, substitute teachers in the Lansing school district near Kansas City, are suing the district. They say they were fired for speaking out against school district policies.

The number of bans and restrictions in the U.S. rose 33% in the last school year, according the report from free speech group PEN America. Florida had more bans than any other state, followed by Texas and Missouri.

Journalists at the Marion County Record worked late into the night to publish their first issue since the widely-criticized raid. “SEIZED … but not silenced,” its headline read.

Some observers of the Missouri vs. Biden case have said it could make it more difficult for governmental officials to combat false information on social media. At the same time, Attorney General Andrew Bailey signed on to a letter that criticized Target over merchandise sold during Pride Month.

Under a judge's new ruling, much of the federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to address removing any content that might contain "protected free speech." The lawsuit was brought by Missouri's Republican attorney general.

Following national uproar over the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, protesters are showing up in Kansas City's Northland, the federal courthouse and KCPD headquarters. Here's what you need to know when you're organizing or attending a protest in Kansas City.

Cathy Kuhlmeier fought censorship at her Hazelwood high school in 1983 and lost. Decades later, it’s a battle she’s still fighting.

The case resulted from a 2019 challenge to a state law that says local elected officials can’t spend public money to campaign for or against ballot measures or candidates.

To a degree, we all alter our speech and behavior to fit in. But people of color have to make the change more often than not.

In his first speech as president Joe Biden declared that 'the American story depends not on any one of us, not on some of us, but on all of us.'

Our panel looks at the tone, language and message behind President Joseph R. Biden's inaugural address, and a former New York Times writer sheds light on the predatory practices of behavioral treatment programs.