The Decline and Fall of America’s Free Speech Organizations

Our First Annual Ranking of Free Speech Organizations

On August 4, 2025, a Springfield, Ohio, couple was pursued and confronted by a self-described “angry mob” upset about a book about crime in town the wife, Beth Donahue, had written. Donahue, a domestic violence advocate, called 911 fearing for her life. Protesters surrounded and hit her husband, James Steward. But when police arrived, they falsely arres…