Speech and Hearing News

• What Zoom Does to Campus Conflicts Over Israel and Free Speech
  
  As battles over Israel and the Palestinian territories have migrated online, technology has scrambled the debate.
  New York Times.  Friday, 22 Jan 2021.
• Alexei Navalny spokeswoman jailed and schoolgirl interrogated in fresh free speech crackdown
  
  The imprisonment of Kira Yarmysh in Moscow today for multiple counts of organising a rally comes before pro-democracy Russians are due to take to the streets to protest the detention of Navalny.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 22 Jan 2021.
• Religion & Identity in Young America
  
  Across the country, hate speech and religious-based bullying are on the rise in K-12 schools. ...
  CBS News.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• Amazon doesn't have to restore Parler online, judge says
  
  Court rules ecommerce giant is under no obligation to host some Parler users' "incendiary speech."
  CBS News.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• Councils face legal challenges against road schemes brought in during pandemic
  
  Residents' groups are applying for judicial reviews into measures such as road closures and pop-up cycle lanes at a High Court hearing next month.
  Daily Mail.  Friday, 22 Jan 2021.
• Pete Buttigieg vows to ensure transportation safety in pandemic during his DOT confirmation hearing
  
  Pete Buttigieg, President Biden's nominee to run the Transportation Department, is testifying at his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.
  CNBC.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• Buttigieg to Testify in Confirmation Hearing for Transportation Dept.
  
  His confirmation would cap a rise from mayor of South Bend, Ind., to becoming the first openly gay cabinet secretary to be confirmed by the Senate.
  New York Times.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• Biden's inaugural address used the word 'democracy' more than any other president's
  
  President Joe Biden delivered an inaugural address that used the word "democracy" more times than any other inauguration speech in U.S. history.
  CNBC.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• Biden to Discuss His Coronavirus Response Plan in Thursday Speech
  
  In inauguration address, new president called on Americans to unite in 'a winter of peril and significant possibilities'
  Voice of America.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• Ahead of inauguration, Biden received message from Queen Elizabeth
  
  Queen Elizabeth II of England sent a private letter to President Joe Biden ahead of his inauguration and subsequent speech.
  Fox News.  Thursday, 21 Jan 2021.
• President Biden's inaugural address: Watch speech video, read transcript from Inauguration Day 2021
  
  Watch President Joe Biden's full inaugural address or read his remarks as they were prepared for the inauguration.
  ABC News.  Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021.
• Full transcript of Joe Biden's inauguration speech
  
  'This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge'. Read the 46th president's address in full.
  BBC News.  Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021.
• In speeches and with champagne toasts, many across the world bid Trump 'good riddance'
  
  As President Biden takes office, the rest of the world watches closely, some less focused on Biden's ascension than on Trump's departure.
  Los Angeles Times.  Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021.
• President Joe Biden inauguration speech: 'Democracy has prevailed'
  
  Joe Biden makes his inaugural address as the 46th president of the United States.
  BBC News.  Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021.
• Former White House Speechwriters Offer Insight Into Biden's Inaugural Address
  
  Inaugural speeches have given us some of the most famous lines in American political history. So, what phrase might we hear from President-elect Joe Biden today?
  NBC.  Wednesday, Jan 20 2021.

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