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Pharrell Williams accepted the Dr. Dre Global Impact Awards at the 2026 Grammys on Sunday, but his speech has got the internet annoyed and offput. Let's get into why!

The Puerto Rican artist delivered most of his historic Grammy speech in Spanish before switching to English for a pointed dedication. Transcription here.

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When most people think of how governments stifle free speech, they think of censorship. That’s when a government directly blocks or suppresses speech. In the past, the federal government has censored speech in various ways. It has tried to block news ...

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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s speech at Davos last week sent shock waves through the international community. The international-affairs scholar Henry Farrell explains why.