FreedomFest 2024

Monica Harris received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. She spent more than a decade as a business and legal affairs executive at Walt Disney Television, NBCUniversal... Read More →

Ben Kawaller hosts the sociopolitical interview series Ben Meets America for The Free Press. His writing and/or video reporting have also appeared in Los Angeles Magazine, the erstwhile West Hollywood local publication Wehoville, The Advocate, Salon, and The American Bystander.Before... Read More →

Ilana Redstone is an Associate Professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the author of the Certainty Trap (out in September 2024). The Certainty Trap refers to the contempt that arises from an unwillingness or an inability to: consider the possibility that we might be wrong or might not be right in the way we think; consider the downsides to our preferred policy; make our principles... Read More →

After a year as a Bartley Fellow at The Wall Street Journal, Chloé Valdary developed the Theory of Enchantment (ToE), an innovative framework for compassionate anti-racism that combines social-emotional learning (SEL), character development, and interpersonal growth as tools for leadership development in the boardroom and beyond.Her work has been covered in Atlantic Magazine, and her writings... Read More →

FAIRis a multi-discipline, nonpartisan organization dedicated to defending civil rights and liberties and promoting a common culture based on fairness, understanding, and humanity. As an advocate for open discourse and debate, FAIR is committed to celebrating our shared interests... Read More →