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Activists of the human rights organization Amnesty International hold masks of Turkish civil rights activist Taner Kilic in front of their faces as they demonstrate on February 7, 2018 in front of the Turkish embassy in Berlin.

Today I Visited My Turkish Colleague in Prison. Erdogan’s Crackdown Must Stop

President Erdogan is still pursuing journalists and activists, even two yea...

President Erdogan is still pursuing journalists and activists, even two years after an attempted coup

( L-R) Actor Meryl Streep, activist Ai-Jen Poo, actor Natalie Portman, activist Tarana Burke, actors Michelle Williams, America Ferrera, Jessica Chastain, Amy Poehler and activist Saru Jayaraman attend the 2018 InStyle and Warner Bros. 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards Post-Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 7, 2018.

Free Speech, Forced Speech and the Right to Silence

Here is a challenge for our polarized age: If you value the right to speak ...

Here is a challenge for our polarized age: If you value the right to speak freely, then what about the right not to? The right to express any opinion or none at all, to inflame...

Businessman using face recognition system for office security

Soon You Can Check In For Your Flight with Just Your Face

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A senior female opthamologist uses a phoroptor to check a mature man's eyes.

This Breakthrough Could Stop Glaucoma In Its Tracks

These are today's best ideas

Anthony Scaramucci at Tommy Lasorda's 90th birthday celebration at the Getty Center on Sept. 24, 2017 in Los Angeles, California.

'Back It Up or Apologize.' Anthony Scaramucci Keeps Attacking Tufts Student Who Criticized Him

"I will not allow the defamatory remarks to stand without reprisal," he sai...

"I will not allow the defamatory remarks to stand without reprisal," he said

Anthony Scaramucci at the White House in Washington, DC on July 21, 2017.

Anthony Scaramucci Threatened to Sue a Student. Now Tufts University Is Postponing His Talk

The university said it was disappointed in Scaramucci's threat

People attend the Dhaka Literary Festival, launched at the Bangla Academy of the Dhaka University campus on November 20, 2015 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

'Writers Believe in a Modern, Free Society.' How a Literary Festival Aims to Transform Bangladesh

The Dhaka Literary Festival will host its sixth iteration this weekend