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Last Chance to Enter FIRE's Essay Contest for a $5,000 Scholarship!
FIRE's Third Annual "Freedom in Academia" Essay Contest will stop accepting submissions on Monday, November 1. High school seniors graduating in 2011 can watch two excellent FIRE videos and submit an essay explaining why free speech should be protected on college campuses.
This year, FIRE will award one first-place winner a $5,000 scholarship, one second-place winner a $2,500 scholarship, and five runners-up $1,000 scholarships.
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FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.
Texas tramples First Amendment rights with police crackdown of pro-Palestinian protests
More than 50 arrested after state police storm protestors at University of Texas at Austin.
Here’s what students need to know about protesting on campus right now
As Israel/Gaza campus protests spread nationwide, FIRE answers questions about students’ expressive rights.
Kansas takes a stand for intellectual freedom
Kansas enacts FIRE’s model Intellectual Freedom Protection Act, which prohibits mandatory statements on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and all other political litmus tests.
FIRE joins animal advocates, free speech groups urging Ninth Circuit to affirm ruling that allows undercover audio recording
Secret recordings are essential to news gathering, exposés, say advocates in Project Veritas case.