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The Manhattan Institute senior fellow and the NYU historian debate whether black Americans should move away from progressivism.

My seminar picks for 2023 (and every year since 2005).

From New York trial court judge Paul Goetz's decision last year, the facts: On October 21, 2020, defendants signed a letter (the Letter) addressed to nonparties Dean Jack Knott (Knott) and Provost Katherine Fleming at NYU purporting to advance certain facts about plaintiff. The Letter begins with the statement that…

As the BlacKkKlansman film-maker picks up the British Film Institute’s top honour, he talks about being accused of provoking race riots, why his Malcolm X biopic will endure – and the problem with awards

The Jewish comedian’s new show tells the tale of how how he attended a white nationalist gathering incognito: ‘People are disappointed when I tell them I didn’t feel in the path of bodily harm.’

There is "no evidence of a meaningful relationship" between Russia's influence campaign on Twitter and the 2016 electoral outcome.

Just published as part of the "Non-Governmental Restrictions on Free Speech" symposium; the Introduction (the article, 2 J. Free Speech L. 107 (2022), is here): Is there a moral principle of free speech? If so, how does it work? We are accustomed to think of free speech as something set…

Ten years after receiving it, New York University publicized a $100 million gift from the hedge fund leader John Paulson

Collector has attracted controversy in past

The "DOJ has little choice but to interview Pence" now, predicted NYU Law Prof. Ryan Goodman

The panelists included Elizabeth Goitein (Brennan Center, NYU), Daniel Dew (Pacific Legal Foundation), and myself.