While the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” may offend some listeners, feeling offended is hardly adequate cause to circumvent First Amendment protections for freedom of speech.
As confidence in higher education reaches historic lows, now is the time for campus leaders to return to first principles and re-establish their institutions as communities devoted to the discovery, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge.
Free speech fallout continues from the disastrous congressional testimony on campus anti-Semitism given earlier this month by the presidents of Penn, MIT, and Harvard.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul sent a letter warning the presidents of colleges and universities in New York promised “aggressive enforcement action” against any institution failing to prohibit and punish speech calling for genocide.
The University of Massachusetts Boston has eliminated mandates for faculty applicants to express particular views about diversity, equity, and inclusion after months of back-and-forth with FIRE.
From securing more than 100 advocacy victories to growing our base of subscribers and followers to more than 800,000, 2023 was a milestone year for FIRE.