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Jacob Mchangama

CEO of The Future of Free Speech, research professor at Vanderbilt University. Senior Fellow at FIRE. Author of "Free Speech: A History from Socrates to Social Media", host of the podcast "Clear and Present Danger: A History of Free Speech".

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Sep 24, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    Douglass and the Betrayal of Freedom (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    Douglass versus the Mobocrats (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 3, 2026

    Was Frederick Douglass a Free Speech Absolutist? Part 2 (opens the original)

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  4. Issue · Aug 21, 2026

    Was Frederick Douglass a Free Speech Absolutist? (opens the original)

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