Center for Independent Thought

#Facebook has repeatedly blocked our boost publicizing our Thomas Szasz Civil Liberties awards. No explanations. No responses to our inquiries. FB is, as John Stossel explains, The New Censors https://youtu.be/punjBhQG__s

Center for Independent Thought Announces Szasz Award Winners The Thomas S. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties for 2020 has been presented to Radley Balko, Mario J. Rizzo and Glen Whitman, and Edward Snowden. The Szasz Award is named for the prominent opponent of psychiatric coercion and other forms of oppression. The Award is a tribute conferred annually on persons or organizations, American or foreign, judged to have significantly adva...Continue reading

Don't Miss Out! Tomorrow is Giving Tuesday, a time to acknowledge the spirit of the holiday season. In that spirit, we’re offering teachers a unique gifta vi...rtual Town Hall with John Stossel at 7pm EST / 4pm PST. Register today: https://bit.ly/3lXwA4r This will be a fun and engaging event in which you can: Submit your questions about current events Hear John’s insights & perspectives first-hand Get new inspiration for student discussions #Teachers #HighSchoolTeacher #MiddleSchoolTeacher #TeacherResources #Educators

The nonpartisan Foundation for Individual Rights In Education (FIRE), which defends constitutional freedoms on campus, is now accepting entries for its annual Free Speech Essay Contest, open to current high school juniors and seniors. First Prize is $10,000! Entries are due by midnight December 31. This year's prompt is: In a persuasive letter or essay, convince your peers that free-speech is a better idea than censorship. https://www.thefire.org/.../high-school.../essay-contest/ Foundation for Individual Rights in Education #StudentContests #HighSchoolTeacher #LessonPlans #SocialStudies #DistanceLearning

Much of what we know about Thanksgiving is wrong.