<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2026/0406-thomas-chatterton-williams-lecture.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Thomas Chatterton Williams explores the stakes of free thought in a fractured age</title><author/><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>04/06/2026 01:22:56 PM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>Atlantic staff writer Thomas Chatterton Williams examines the fragility of free speech and the importance of open debate in a polarized era as part of Skidmore College’s “Dialogues Across Differences” series.</description><category>News</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2026/images/0406-thomas-chatterton-williams-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Thomas Chatterton Williams"/></image_listing><image><img src="" alt=""/></image><caption/></item>