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Today — 19 September 2025Main stream

11 Elected Officials Arrested While Trying to Access Cells at N.Y.C. ICE Facility

Brad Lander, the city comptroller, was arrested again. Jumaane D. Williams, the public advocate, was among protesters detained outside.

© Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

Jumaane D. Williams, the New York City public advocate, was among the elected officials arrested on Thursday while protesting outside a federal building where migrants are detained.
Yesterday — 18 September 2025Main stream

What to Know About ‘Hate Speech’ and the First Amendment

18 September 2025 at 00:51
There has been a lot of talk from Trump administration officials about punishing speech. Here is what the law says.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

“Speech is powerful,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote in 2011. “It can stir people to action, move them to tears of both joy and sorrow, and inflict great pain.”
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