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Extortion in plain sight
Libertarian | Jul 07 2025 13:416
Jailed for basic journalism, Texas reporter takes free speech fight to Supreme Court
Libertarian | Jul 07 2025 10:017
Speech is not a crime — even if it complicates ICE’s job
Libertarian | Jul 03 2025 17:019
FIRE amicus brief: First Amendment bars using schoolkid standards to silence parents' speech
Libertarian | Jul 03 2025 15:257
No gay rights without free expression
Libertarian | Jul 03 2025 10:4115
FIRE statement on Paramount settlement with President Trump
Libertarian | Jul 02 2025 12:255
To speak or not to speak: Universities face the Kalven question
Libertarian | Jul 01 2025 17:018
VICTORY: New York high school to strengthen First Amendment protections following FIRE lawsuit
Libertarian | Jun 30 2025 23:229
The Supreme Court's decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton
Libertarian | Jun 27 2025 18:4116
FIRE statement on Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton upholding age verification for adult content
Libertarian | Jun 27 2025 12:415
Orchestrated silence: How one of America’s most elite music schools expelled a student for reporting harassment
Libertarian | Jun 26 2025 18:259
FIRE to court: AI speech is still speech — and the First Amendment still applies
Libertarian | Jun 26 2025 13:227
Voters want AI political speech protected – and lawmakers should listen
Libertarian | Jun 26 2025 12:017
Federal court backs teachers fired over trans protest
Libertarian | Jun 20 2025 17:434
With help of FIRE, University of Washington professor returns to classroom after bread knife incident
Libertarian | Jun 20 2025 15:013
Speak up, get expelled: the Eastman way
Libertarian | Jun 18 2025 17:2525
University of Rochester student expelled after detailing school's mishandling of harassment complaint on Substack
Libertarian | Jun 18 2025 16:4117
In Quran burning conviction, UK judge uses violence against defendant as evidence of his guilt
Libertarian | Jun 18 2025 13:0116
WVU cracks down on dangerous idea: free books
Libertarian | Jun 17 2025 16:0111
People want AI regulation — but they don’t trust the regulators
Libertarian | Jun 13 2025 10:016
Introducing Expression, FIRE's official new Substack
Libertarian | Jun 12 2025 11:259
No gay rights without free expression
Libertarian | Jun 12 2025 09:0111
University of Michigan has ended private surveillance contracts but the chill on free speech remains
Libertarian | Jun 11 2025 18:2210
Same old playbook, new target: AI chatbots
Libertarian | Jun 06 2025 16:4122
Americans worry about AI in politics — but they’re more worried about government censorship
Libertarian | Jun 06 2025 09:4110
Censoring lawmakers, T-shirts, and seashells
Libertarian | Jun 05 2025 12:4111
After Michigan State trustees told students to call professor a racist, his lawsuit is moving ahead
Libertarian | Jun 05 2025 09:418
Voters strongly support prioritizing freedom of speech in potential AI regulation of political messaging, poll finds
Libertarian | Jun 05 2025 09:2510
FIRE highlights artistic freedom with launch of new YouTube interview series featuring heavy metal and punk’s biggest stars
Libertarian | Jun 04 2025 12:226
Texas lawmakers shelve SLAPP bills that would have allowed the rich and powerful to sue critics into silence
Libertarian | Jun 02 2025 11:4311
Alumni seek to rewaken the forgotten fight for free speech at UC San Diego
Libertarian | May 30 2025 17:4311
Supreme Court rejects case over ‘Two genders’ shirt ban, threatening student speech across New England
Libertarian | May 30 2025 17:2216
Once, international students feared Beijing’s wrath. Now Trump is the threat.
Libertarian | May 29 2025 09:4118
Trump’s executive orders: Due process, ‘breathtaking sweeps,’ and the evils of intentional vagueness — First Amendment News 472
Libertarian | May 28 2025 10:0118
The Supreme Court made your rights harder to defend — Congress must now step up
Libertarian | May 28 2025 09:2550
Salt Lake City eases off crackdown on salty speech after FIRE steps in
Libertarian | May 27 2025 16:2215
FAQ: Responding to common questions about the fight between Harvard and the Trump administration
Libertarian | May 23 2025 17:0111
This isn't just about Harvard
Libertarian | May 23 2025 16:2510
REPORT: More than 600 college students and student groups punished or investigated for speech in five years
Libertarian | May 22 2025 19:2514
Trump bars Harvard from enrolling international students in alarming crackdown on speech
Libertarian | May 22 2025 16:4110
Heather Mac Donald on Trump and free speech
Libertarian | May 22 2025 10:4111
Seven free speech groups issue a call to oppose Trump’s First Amendment violations… Why aren’t there more? — First Amendment News 471
Libertarian | May 21 2025 14:4314
Lawsuit from UCF professor targeted for tweets survives summary judgment motions
Libertarian | May 19 2025 17:226
FIRE and Cosmos Institute launch $1 million grant program for AI that advances truth-seeking
Libertarian | May 16 2025 09:258
UC Irvine is crusading over student doormats — and wiping its feet on the Constitution
Libertarian | May 15 2025 13:2211
Belfast hip-hop group Kneecap at the center of international firestorm
Libertarian | May 15 2025 12:2217
Trump’s ‘So what?’ stratagem — First Amendment News 470
Libertarian | May 14 2025 10:417
Freelance investigative journalist Sammy Sussman to headline FIRE’s student press workshop
Libertarian | May 13 2025 14:2512
New tools for tough conversations
Libertarian | May 12 2025 17:2213
Judge orders release of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk
Libertarian | May 09 2025 15:229
After brazen attack on expressive rights, faculty at Sterling College aren’t in Kansas anymore
Libertarian | May 08 2025 13:4115
Colorado reversal on misgendering ban is a crisis averted but a danger revealed
Libertarian | May 08 2025 11:4112
Is cancel culture dead?
Libertarian | May 08 2025 10:438
Zick on executive orders and official orthodoxies — First Amendment News 469
Libertarian | May 08 2025 10:227
Brown fires new salvo in war against student journalist over list of DEI admins
Libertarian | May 06 2025 17:496
Alumni seek to rewaken the forgotten fight for free speech at UC San Diego
Libertarian | May 06 2025 12:016
Don’t let Texas criminalize free political speech in the name of AI regulation
Libertarian | May 02 2025 13:4110
Brendan Carr’s Bizarro World FCC
Libertarian | May 01 2025 11:228
Day 100! Abridging the First Amendment: Zick releases major resource report on Trump’s executive orders — First Amendment News 468 
Libertarian | Apr 30 2025 10:4110
Detaining Öztürk over an op-ed is unlawful and un-American
Libertarian | Apr 29 2025 13:018
VICTORY! Tenn. town buries unconstitutional ordinance used to punish holiday skeleton display
Libertarian | Apr 29 2025 10:0115
For the rich, free speech — for others, a SLAPP in the face
Libertarian | Apr 28 2025 12:2510
A New McCarthyism: How one Dane views free speech in America
Libertarian | Apr 28 2025 09:0115
UT Dallas bars FIRE from speaking at student event
Libertarian | Apr 25 2025 08:4314
Trump administration's coercion at Columbia is unlawful and unconstitutional
Libertarian | Apr 23 2025 16:017
The government's money, the government's rules?
Libertarian | Apr 23 2025 14:4111
Thankfully, Larry David mocks Bill Maher – First Amendment News 467
Libertarian | Apr 23 2025 14:017
FAQ: The fight between Harvard and the Trump administration has significant implications for free speech and academic freedom on American campuses
Libertarian | Apr 22 2025 16:4110
FIRE and ACLU of TX: University of Texas must drop unconstitutional drag ban
Libertarian | Apr 22 2025 15:2511
George Mason University calls cops on student for article criticizing Trump
Libertarian | Apr 22 2025 10:2513
‘I hate freedom of opinion’ meme leads to sentencing in German court
Libertarian | Apr 21 2025 10:4319
Revoking Harvard’s tax-exempt status will threaten all nonprofits
Libertarian | Apr 18 2025 14:4313
Grandpa’s advice for the new wave of American censors
Libertarian | Apr 18 2025 13:2211
FIRE POLL: Only 1/4 of Americans support deporting foreigners for pro-Palestinian views
Libertarian | Apr 17 2025 09:019
Harvard’s resistance to Trump is a model for US universities
Libertarian | Apr 16 2025 14:2515
Sixty-one media organizations and press freedom advocates contest Perkins Coie executive order — First Amendment News 466
Libertarian | Apr 16 2025 09:0117
Harvard stands firm, rejects Trump administration’s unconstitutional demands
Libertarian | Apr 15 2025 13:0117
FIRE comment to FCC calls for review of regulations that may violate the First Amendment
Libertarian | Apr 14 2025 14:0111
FIRE statement on immigration judge’s ruling that deportation of Mahmoud Khalil can proceed
Libertarian | Apr 11 2025 17:2212
Trump’s attack on law firms threatens the foundations of our justice system
Libertarian | Apr 10 2025 08:4111
FIRE welcomes Allison Hayward to board of directors
Libertarian | Apr 10 2025 08:0110
Is there a global free speech recession?
Libertarian | Apr 09 2025 10:428
‘Executive Watch’: The breadth and depth of the Trump administration’s threat to the First Amendment — First Amendment News 465
Libertarian | Apr 09 2025 08:269
University of Wisconsin academic freedom panel back on after effort to disinvite speaker
Libertarian | Apr 08 2025 14:259
UConn Med drops plan to swap Hippocratic Oath with DEI pledge of allegiance
Libertarian | Apr 07 2025 15:0110
FAN Special Dispatch: Photos of Freedom
Libertarian | Apr 07 2025 11:4314
No president gets to decide who deserves a lawyer
Libertarian | Apr 04 2025 16:228
Free speech in an age of fear: The new system loyalty oaths – First Amendment News 464
Libertarian | Apr 03 2025 09:4312
AI is new — the laws that govern it don’t have to be
Libertarian | Mar 29 2025 13:2510
Defending free speech: FIRE and Substack partner to protect writers in America
Libertarian | Mar 28 2025 17:019
Brown University targets student journalist for sending DOGE-like emails
Libertarian | Mar 27 2025 15:4111
FIRE-supported Utah legislation secures students’ rights to freely associate on campus
Libertarian | Mar 27 2025 12:2511
Columbia University, Mahmoud Khalil, DEI, law firms, and more
Libertarian | Mar 27 2025 10:416
‘We simply could not practice law . . . if we were still subject to the executive order’ – First Amendment News 463
Libertarian | Mar 26 2025 11:4119
‘Building Balance’ at Harvard: Allison Pillinger Choi’s bid for alumni leadership
Libertarian | Mar 26 2025 11:258
Should the government punish you for allegedly ‘undermining’ American diplomacy?
Libertarian | Mar 26 2025 09:2513
Victory in Virginia! Gov. Youngkin defends free speech by vetoing bill on ‘altered’ political media
Libertarian | Mar 25 2025 15:0115
DEI statements could function as ideological firewalls, new study finds
Libertarian | Mar 25 2025 15:0111
Is it ‘hate speech’ to say Jesus needs a haircut?
Libertarian | Mar 25 2025 11:4318
Columbia caves to feds — and sets a dangerous precedent
Libertarian | Mar 24 2025 10:4316
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