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FIRE’s 2020-2021 Free Speech Essay Contest: More winning essays This year’s prompt asked students to draw on current events, historical examples, personal experiences, or other FIRE resources to pen “a persuasive letter or essay [to] convince your peers that free speech is a better idea than censorship.”  Below, we’re printing the essays from our second and third place winners. And if you’re a high school student or teacher, find age-level resources on free expression, civil liberties lesson plans, and more — at thefire.org/high-school. Second Place Entry Glendale, Ariz.  Free...

Did you go to the same Teesside school as someone famous? IF you went to school on Teesside, you could have sat next to one of these famous faces.  These days it's hard to remember what you had for breakfast or did last week, never mind who you sat next to in school or partnered with science class. But you never know who might have gone on to be a trend-setting model, create musical masterpieces or represent Great Britain at the Olympics. Here are some of the famous faces that attended schools on Teesside: Bob Mortimer - Acklam High School, Middlesbrough 

New London — He will always be known as one of the Bulkeley boys. New London native Harold Arkava was many things in his life, but friends say his tenacious efforts to protect and pay homage to his high school alma mater, The Bulkeley School, is likely to be remembered for generations. Arkava died over the weekend at the age of 94. “He was a piece of work. They don’t make 'em like him anymore,” said longtime friend Joseph Heap, who served with Arkava on the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission in the 1980s and 1990s. Heap reminisced about his friend this week, calling Arkava a fun...

COVID vaccine inequity frustrates Massachusetts' diverse, lower-income cities hardest hit by virus Hadley Barndollar, USA TODAY NETWORK How COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting people of color Replay Video UP NEXT For New England’s only majority Black city, the closest COVID mass vaccination site is 23 miles away — a one-hour round-trip drive with no public transportation.  Brockton has seen more than 11,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus since last March and 372 related deaths. The city is frequently among the top 10 communities in Massachusetts with the highest...

For New England’s only majority Black city, the closest COVID mass vaccination site is 23 miles away — a one-hour round-trip drive with no public transportation.  Brockton has seen more than 11,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus since last March and 372 related deaths. The city is frequently among the top 10 communities in Massachusetts with the highest percentage of positive cases.  And yet, when the state announced in January the opening of more than 100 vaccination sites for those age 75 and older, none were located in Brockton. A marker for Brockton High School on the state's ...