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Men is typing on laptop computer keyboard DC journalists have lately been flocking to the digital platform Substack, which lets them monetize their work without being attached to a media outlet. Some of the big players: Emily Atkin New Republic staff writer. Substack gig: Heated, a popular newsletter about climate change that she launched in 2019 after almost a decade working for traditional publications. One goal: to cover how the causes of the crisis go much deeper than, say, for­getting t...

2020 was an especially rancorous year, and among the many things we fought about was the state of free speech in America. There’s a rising contingent of heterodox thinkers — on the left and right — who argue that a culture of censoriousness has enveloped intellectual life and curtailed free speech. Back in July, there was the infamous “letter” published in Harper’s Magazine defending free speech, signed by a wide range of writers and intellectuals. Before that, there was a revolt at...