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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)
imageThe 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 disfavors – at universities, on the airwaves, in public school classrooms, in museums, at protests an...

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