When a Proud Boys billboard went up near a high school in rural Illinois, the community had to decide where free speech ends and hate begins. In this episode of “The Free Speech Files,” GJR publisher and host William Freivogel talks with Capitol News Illinois reporter Molly Parker, who covered the controversy, about how a small town’s outrage led to the billboard’s removal — and what it reveals about the tension between First Amendment rights and community values.
Episode 1: When a billboard becomes a battleground
