Nico Perrino
FIRE Staff Speaker

Executive Team
Nico Perrino is FIRE's Executive Vice President and the creator and host of FIRE’s So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast. Prior to his current role, he led FIRE's Communications department for nearly a decade, most recently as its Senior Vice President of Communications.
Nico previously worked in the Communications department at the Institute for Justice. His writing has been featured in USA Today, Politico, Newsweek, and The Guardian, and he regularly travels the country to speak about free speech and civil liberties issues.
As a documentarian, Nico was Co-Director and Senior Producer of “Mighty Ira: A Civil Liberties Story” (2020), a feature-length film about the life and career of former ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser. He worked as Creative Consultant on “Can We Take a Joke?” (2015), a film about censorship in stand up comedy.
Nico graduated from Indiana University-Bloomington (IU) with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and history. While at IU, he was a member of the track & field team and served as editor-in-chief for the Indiana Standard and as a reporter and columnist for the Indiana Daily Student.
Originally from Chicago, Nico now lives and works in the Washington, D.C. area.
Recent Writings
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: Artificial intelligence: Is it protected by the First Amendment?,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: The costs of offending religious sensitivities,
- Free speech was under fire in 2022,
- `So to Speak Podcast` transcript: Are Ann Coulter's words really 'violence'?,
- `So to Speak` podcast transcript: Can a graphic designer be compelled to design a website for a same-sex wedding?,
- Free speech culture, Elon Musk, and Twitter,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: Jawboning, book banning, and LeBron James thinks hate speech isn't free speech,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: Elon Musk, PayPal, and is New York trying to destroy Twitch?,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: Elon Musk, PayPal, and is New York trying to destroy Twitch?,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: Does your book need a sensitivity reader?,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: Does your book need a sensitivity reader?,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: What does the First Amendment protect on social media?,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: Nature Human Misbehavior,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: What does the First Amendment protect on social media?,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: Nature Human Misbehavior,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: The Art of Insubordination,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: The Art of Insubordination,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: Assassin’s veto comes for Rushdie,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: Assassin’s veto comes for Rushdie,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: That Facebook post about abortion could land you in jail,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: That Facebook post about abortion could land you in jail,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: Substack, a platform for free speech?,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: Substack, a platform for free speech?,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: Title IX gets twisted again,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: ‘The First Amendment created gay America’,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: ‘The First Amendment created gay America’,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: The new FIRE,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: The new FIRE,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: What ‘On the Media’ got wrong about free speech . . . again,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: What ‘On the Media’ got wrong about free speech . . . again,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: Hugh Hefner, free speech scrapbooker,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: Hugh Hefner, free speech scrapbooker,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: Disney and Elon Musk,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: Disney and Elon Musk,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: What is academic freedom?,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: What is academic freedom?,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: Former BBC bureau chief Konstantin Eggert and what you need to know about censorship in Russia,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: Former BBC bureau chief Konstantin Eggert and what you need to know about censorship in Russia,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: What Russians don’t know about the war in Ukraine,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: What Russians don’t know about the war in Ukraine,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: The John Roberts Supreme Court,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: The John Roberts Supreme Court,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Sarah Palin v. New York Times,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: Sarah Palin v. New York Times,
- So to Speak podcast: Elitist vs. egalitarian free speech (live recording, Q&A),
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Banning critical race theory,
- So to Speak podcast: Banning critical race theory,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Fighting words,
- So to Speak podcast: Fighting words,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: George Orwell,
- So to Speak podcast: George Orwell,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Caitlin Flanagan and Greg Lukianoff,
- So to Speak podcast: Caitlin Flanagan and Greg Lukianoff,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: University of Austin, a new university devoted to free speech,
- So to Speak podcast: University of Austin, a new university devoted to free speech,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: ‘The Mind of the Censor’ with Robert Corn-Revere,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘The Mind of the Censor’ with Robert Corn-Revere,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Trigger warnings and DEI statements,
- So to Speak podcast: Trigger warnings and DEI statements,
- `So to Speak` podcast transcript: First Amendment history with Yale Professor Akhil Amar,
- So to Speak podcast: First Amendment history with Yale Professor Akhil Amar,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: ‘On the Media’ free speech critiques,
- So to Speak podcast: Matt Taibbi, Nadine Strossen, and Amna Khalid respond to ‘On the Media’ free speech critiques,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Politics and thought reform in K-12 education,
- So to Speak podcast: Politics and thought reform in K-12 education,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade,
- So to Speak podcast: Morris Ernst, Free Speech Renegade,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Free speech, psychology, and madness,
- What exactly is the problem with the University of Oklahoma’s “Anti-Racist Rhetoric & Pedagogies” workshop?,
- So to Speak podcast: Free speech, psychology, and madness,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Mahanoy v. B.L. Supreme Court ruling analysis,
- So to Speak podcast: Mahanoy v. B.L. Supreme Court ruling analysis,
- So to Speak podcast: A history of Western censorship with Eric Berkowitz,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: A history of Western censorship with Eric Berkowitz,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘The Constitution of Knowledge’ with Jonathan Rauch,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: The Constitution of Knowledge with Jonathan Rauch,
- So to Speak podcast: Comic book panic!,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Are education schools secretly driving campus censorship?,
- So to Speak podcast: Are education schools secretly driving campus censorship?,
- So to Speak podcast: A frustrated cheerleader’s Snapchat video lands at the Supreme Court. The outcome will determine the future of student free speech rights.,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: A frustrated cheerleader’s Snapchat video lands at the Supreme Court,
- So to Speak podcast: University of Wisconsin Professor Donald Downs,
- So To Speak Podcast Transcript: University of Wisconsin Professor Donald Downs,
- So to Speak podcast: Academic Freedom Alliance with Keith Whittington,
- So To Speak Podcast Transcript: Academic Freedom Alliance with Keith Whittington,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: ‘Incitement’ with David L. Hudson Jr.,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Incitement’ with David L. Hudson Jr.,
- So to Speak podcast: Stonewalling by the University of California,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘The Fight for Free Speech’ with Ian Rosenberg,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: ‘The Fight for Free Speech’ with Ian Rosenberg,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: John McWhorter says academics are really, really worried,
- So to Speak podcast: John McWhorter says academics are really, really worried,
- So to Speak podcast: What happened to American childhood? with Kate Julian and Greg Lukianoff,
- So to Speak podcast: Free speech after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: What happened to American childhood? with Kate Julian and Greg Lukianoff,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Glenn Loury objects,
- So to Speak podcast: National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Burning the Books’ with Richard Ovenden,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: ‘Burning the Books’ with Richard Ovenden,
- So to Speak podcast: Campus mobs, heckler’s vetoes, racial segregation, and a rogue student government!,
- So to Speak podcast: U.S. Constitution masterclass with Judge Douglas Ginsburg,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: The United States Constitution with Judge Douglas Ginsburg,
- So to Speak podcast: Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Awards with Christie Hefner,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: ‘Mighty Ira’ Glasser,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Mighty Ira’ Glasser,
- So to Speak podcast: 2020 College Free Speech Rankings,
- Coming soon: ‘Mighty Ira: A Civil Liberties Story’,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: David Goldberger, lead attorney in 'the Skokie case',
- So to Speak podcast: David Goldberger, lead attorney in ‘the Skokie case’,
- A new FIRE documentary film, ‘Mighty Ira: A Civil Liberties Story’,
- So to Speak podcast: What a summer ...,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Journal of Controversial Ideas’ with Prof. Peter Singer,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: ‘Journal of Controversial Ideas’ with Prof. Peter Singer,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: ‘Dare to Speak’ with PEN America’s Suzanne Nossel,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Dare to Speak’ with PEN America’s Suzanne Nossel,
- So to Speak podcast: Glenn Loury objects,
- So to Speak podcast: Charlottesville reflections with Rodney Smolla,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Charlottesville reflections with Rodney Smolla,
- So to Speak podcast: College social media censorship,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: ‘Dear Colleague,’ due process is now required,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Dear Colleague,’ due process is now required. Title IX regulations analysis.,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: The Constitution in the age of COVID-19 with Professor Josh Blackman,
- So to Speak podcast: The Constitution in the age of COVID-19 with Professor Josh Blackman,
- So to Speak podcast: Censorship pandemic,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: A history of (dis)information wars in the Soviet Union and beyond,
- So to Speak podcast: A history of (dis)information wars in the Soviet Union and beyond,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: FIRE, the coronavirus, and the failure of the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’,
- So to Speak podcast: FIRE, the coronavirus, and the failure of the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Free speech and justified true belief’ with professor Joseph Blocher,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: “Free speech and justified true belief” with Professor Joseph Blocher,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: ‘Rap on Trial’,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Rap on Trial’,
- So to Speak podcast: Violent video games with Villanova professor Patrick M. Markey,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Violent video games with Professor Patrick Markey,
- So to Speak podcast: Guns, addiction, and the press,
- So to Speak podcast, episode 102: Cultural sites, slurs, antisemitism, and Title IX,
- So to Speak podcast Transcript: McCarthyism and The Red Scare,
- So to Speak podcast: McCarthyism and The Red Scare,
- `So to Speak` Podcast transcript: The 100th episode, the state of free speech in America,
- So to Speak podcast: The 100th episode, the state of free speech in America,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’ with Professor Dale E. Miller,
- So to Speak podcast: John Stuart Mill’s ‘On Liberty’,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘The First Amendment in the Trump Era’ w/ Professor Timothy Zick,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: There’s no such thing as free speech, argues professor Stanley Fish,
- So to Speak podcast: There’s no such thing as free speech, argues professor Stanley Fish,
- FIRE supporters, allies, and staff gather in New York City to commemorate 20 years of defending student and faculty rights on campus,
- So to Speak podcast: Who was Hayden C. Covington?,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Who was Hayden C. Covington?,
- So to Speak podcast: 20 years of FIRE with co-founder Harvey Silverglate,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: 20 years of FIRE with co-founder Harvey Silverglate,
- So to Speak podcast: Kevin Williamson’s ‘The Smallest Minority’,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Kevin Williamson's 'The Smallest Minority',
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Coddling’ one year later,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Free speech, privacy, and President Trump’s Twitter account with Alex Abdo,
- So to Speak podcast: Free speech, privacy, and President Trump’s Twitter account with Alex Abdo,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘The Grievance Studies Affair’,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘David French-ism’,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: 'David French‑ism',
- So to Speak podcast: Professor Samuel Abrams wrote an op-ed encouraging viewpoint diversity. Then came the fallout.,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Defending libraries with James LaRue,
- So to Speak podcast: Defending libraries with James LaRue,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: From black armbands to the U.S. Supreme Court,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Intellectual property 101,
- So to Speak podcast: Intellectual property 101,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Words, violence, and censorship at Williams College,
- So to Speak podcast: Words, violence, and censorship at Williams College,
- So to Speak podcast: Wen Fa of the Pacific Legal Foundation,
- So to Speak podcast: The fight to publish Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Mustafa Akyol,
- So to Speak podcast: Mustafa Akyol on jailing journalists in Turkey, ‘re-educating’ Uyghurs in China, and cultural conformity in America,
- Middlebury administrators abandon liberal arts tradition, shut down Ryszard Legutko speech — but one political science class rises to the occasion,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Can free speech be progressive?’,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: 'Can free speech be progressive?',
- So to Speak podcast: Techdirt’s Mike Masnick,
- So to Speak podcast: FIRE’s 2019 Worst Colleges for Free Speech,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Former FEC Chairman Bradley Smith,
- So to Speak podcast: Former FEC Chairman Bradley Smith,
- So to Speak podcast: LGBT equality and the First Amendment,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: LGBT equality and the First Amendment,
- So to Speak podcast: Campus free speech roundup,
- So to Speak podcast: From black armbands to the U.S. Supreme Court,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Against ‘Free Speech’ with Anthony Leaker,
- So to Speak podcast: Against ‘Free Speech’ with Anthony Leaker,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: ‘The Half-Life of Facts’ with Samuel Arbesman,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘The Half-Life of Facts’ with Samuel Arbesman,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: ‘Uncensored’ with Zachary Wood,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Uncensored’ with Zachary Wood,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: 'Bodied' with director Joseph Kahn,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Bodied’ with director Joseph Kahn,
- So to Speak podcast: Thinking about free speech in bets with Annie Duke,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Thinking about free speech in bets with Annie Duke,
- So to Speak podcast: Free speech in the digital age with Jameel Jaffer,
- So to Speak podcast transcript: Free speech in the digital age with Jameel Jaffer,
- So to Speak podcast: Former Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr.,
- Emory University’s resolution agreement with law professor threatens academic freedom,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘True threats’ with David L. Hudson Jr.,
- Available Today: ‘The Coddling of the American Mind’ by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘The Coddling of the American Mind’,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: ‘Robotica: Speech Rights & Artificial Intelligence’,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Robotica: Speech Rights & Artificial Intelligence’,
- So to Speak podcast: How censorship crosses borders with Jacob Mchangama,
- So to Speak podcast: Free speech at the U.S. Supreme Court,
- So to Speak podcast: Most memorable FIRE cases,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘HATE’ with Nadine Strossen,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Speak Freely’ with professor Keith Whittington,
- So to Speak podcast: Debating ‘Is there a campus free speech crisis?’ with Sullivan, Haidt, Nossel, Sachs, & Foster,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Lust on Trial’ with Amy Werbel,
- So to Speak podcast: Exploring threats to a free press with Laura Handman,
- Tickets now available for May 8 debate in NYC: “Is there a campus free speech crisis?”,
- So to Speak podcast: Have you been defamed?,
- So to Speak podcast: Is there a campus free speech crisis?,
- So to Speak podcast: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission,
- Gallup/Knight survey sheds light on changing student attitudes about free speech,
- So to Speak podcast: Bret Weinstein, professor in exile,
- So to Speak podcast: The Great Firewall of China,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast transcript: Harvard Law Professor Randall Kennedy,
- So to Speak podcast: University of Alaska President Emeritus Mark Hamilton,
- So to Speak podcast: Professor Randall Kennedy on ‘The Forgotten Origins of the Constitution on Campus’,
- So to Speak podcast: “The Great Dissent” with Professor Thomas Healy,
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Natural Rights and the First Amendment’ with Jud Campbell,
- Preorder today: ‘The Coddling of the American Mind,’ a new book by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt,
- So to Speak podcast: Institute for Justice President and General Counsel Scott Bullock,
- Announcing a weekly FIRE video series: FIREside Chats,
- So to Speak podcast: Revisiting Masses v. Patten (1917),
- The ‘silencing’ of ‘Buyer Beware’ at Brandeis,
- So to Speak podcast: Harvard professor Steven Pinker,
- So to Speak podcast: Berkeley then and now,
- Viewpoint diversity on campus: A Heterodox Academy & FIRE panel discussion [UPDATED],
- So to Speak podcast: ‘Is this the day the Internet dies?’,
- So to Speak podcast: The British free speech invasion,
- Laura Kipnis’ second ‘Title IX inquisition’,
- So to Speak podcast: “The neurodiversity case for free speech” with Geoffrey Miller,
- So to Speak podcast: Judge Richard Posner on the First Amendment,
- So to Speak podcast: “After Charlottesville” with former ACLU President Nadine Strossen,
- Why Even Nazis Deserve Free Speech,
- So to Speak podcast: Fredrik deBoer on the growing distrust of higher ed,
- So to Speak podcast: The life and legacy of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis with Jeffrey Rosen,
- So to Speak podcast: Et tu, hecklers? Defending artistic expression with Arts Integrity Initiative Director Howard Sherman,
- So to Speak podcast: The 100th anniversary of the Espionage Act of 1917,
- So to Speak podcast: The Slants win at the U.S. Supreme Court!,
- So to Speak podcast: the complacent campus with professor Tyler Cowen,
- Yale 2.0 at Evergreen State College?,
- So to Speak podcast: spring 2017 semester in review,
- [UPDATED] Lawrence University suggests student group may be punished for screening 'Can We Take a Joke?',
- So to Speak podcast: Eugene Volokh and new frontiers in the First Amendment,
- So to Speak podcast: Former ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser,
- 'So to Speak' podcast transcript: Former ACLU Executive Director Ira Glasser,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: ‘Sex and the Constitution’ with professor Geoffrey R. Stone,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: The ‘heckler’s veto’ strikes Heather Mac Donald,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: Campaign finance and free speech with attorney Sam Gedge,
- Attorney Bob Corn-Revere on censorship: the ‘bastard child of technology’,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: How Daryl Davis, a black man, defeats the Ku Klux Klan with open dialogue,
- ‘So to Speak’ podcast: Rob Corry, ‘speech code slayer’,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: Flemming Rose and ‘The Tyranny of Silence’,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: The ‘Turkey Purge’ with Mahir Zeynalov & Beth Baron [UPDATED],
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: Ken White of ‘Popehat’ Talks Nat Hentoff, Worst Censors of 2016,
- Nat Hentoff, Tireless Free Speech Defender, Dies at 91,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: Fall 2016 Semester in Review,
- FIRE’s Robert Shibley in ‘Wall Street Journal’: Time to Reform the Kangaroo Courts on Campus,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: ACLU National Legal Director David Cole,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: The First Amendment Career of Martin Garbus,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: Denying the Holocaust,
- So to Speak Transcript: Deborah Lipstadt,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: NYU Professor Stephen Solomon’s ‘Revolutionary Dissent’,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: Brendan O’Neill on the Fight for Free Speech Overseas,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: The Strange and Terrific Saga of Flying Dog Brewery,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: ‘Twisting Title IX’,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: Jason Riley on Being ‘Disinvited’ from Campus,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: Alice Dreger on Academic Freedom,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: ‘The Trials of Lenny Bruce’,
- FIRE in the Sunday ‘New York Times’—Pick up Your Copy Tomorrow Morning!,
- All the Ways You Can Watch ‘Can We Take a Joke?’,
- When Comedy and Outrage Collide! ‘Can We Take a Joke?’ Available Today,
- FIRE EXCLUSIVE: Kelly Carlin, Rain Pryor, and Kitty Bruce Speak Out About Their Fathers and the Fight for Free Speech in Comedy (VIDEO/PODCAST),
- Transcript: Kelly Carlin, Rain Pryor, and Kitty Bruce on Their Fathers and the Fight for Free Speech,
- ‘Can We Take a Joke?’ Hits Theaters This Week in NYC and LA,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: The FIRE Interns Hit the Streets to Ask About Free Speech,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: Aryeh Neier on ‘Defending My Enemy’,
- So to Speak Transcript: Aryeh Neier on 'Defending My Enemy',
- Learn From FIRE: Take the ‘Title IX, Due Process, and Campus Sexual Misconduct’ CLE Course Today!,
- So To Speak Transcript: Jonathan Rauch,
- So to Speak transcript: Glenn Greenwald,
- So To Speak Transcript: David Baugh,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: 2015–16 School Year in Review,
- Watch the ‘Can We Take a Joke?’ Trailer!,
- ‘So to Speak’ Podcast: David Baugh on ‘Defending My Enemy’,
- Yale Faculty Resign From Residential College Roles; Concerns about Free Speech Remain,
- ‘So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast’: Glenn Greenwald on ‘Defending My Enemy’,
- Marquette Continues to Earn ‘Worst School’ for Free Speech Label With New Punishments for McAdams,
- Berkeley Student Protesters Rush Stage at Event Hosted by Metallica Drummer, Allegedly Assault Panelist (VIDEO),
- Conor Friedersdorf for ‘The Atlantic’: Free Speech Advocates Not At Odds with Campus Protesters,
- Screen ‘Can We Take a Joke?’ on Your Campus for One Week Only in April—Apply Today!,
- President Obama: ‘Feel Free to Disagree With Somebody, But Don't Try to Just Shut Them Up’,
- Yale Faculty Defend Freedom of Speech, Express Support for Christakises in Open Letter,
- ‘Censored in America’: ‘Fox News’ Special to Report on Dixie State Lawsuit,
- ‘Can We Take a Joke?’ New FIRE-Supported Film Examines Collision Between Comedy and Outrage,
- FIRE’s Communications Department Is Hiring!,
- Greg in ‘Huffington Post’: Ithaca College Microaggression Bill Creates a ‘War on Candor’,
- University of Memphis Slashes Student Newspaper's Funding [VIDEO],
- Pre-Order the Paperback Edition of 'Unlearning Liberty' Today at a Discounted Rate!,
- Greg Lukianoff Interview for Florida Free Speech Forum to Be Broadcast on North Central Florida Radio (Listen Live Online),
- FIRE's 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2013,
- Oregon State Earns Highest Rating for Free Speech Policies,
- 'Wall Street Journal' Highlights Inadequate Due Process Protections at Auburn University,
- Harvey Silverglate on Harvard's Free Speech Fakery,
- D.C. Area FIRE Supporters: Greg Lukianoff Giving Free Talk at Georgetown Tonight!,
- At Sinclair, Liability Concerns Trump Students' Expressive Rights,
- Wright State's Threat to Cut Student Newspaper Funding Places 'Mission' Over Constitution,
- Today Only! Get the Kindle Version of 'Unlearning Liberty' for Just $2.99,
- New Castleton State College Policy Seeks to Limit Athletes' Online Expression,
- 'Unlearning Liberty' Turns One, Paperback Edition Set for Release in March,
- FIRE's Nico Perrino in 'The Guardian': Culture of Surveillance Extends to College Campuses,
- Juan Williams Blasts Censorship, Argues Students and Citizens Need Open Avenues to Exchange Ideas (VIDEO),
- 'Kindly Inquisitors' Cato Institute Book Forum, Featuring FIRE's Greg Lukianoff (VIDEO),
- Does Tenure Really Encourage Free Speech? Megan McArdle Tackles Issues in Higher Ed,
- 20th Anniversary Edition of 'Kindly Inquisitors' Now Available in Electronic Format,
- FIRE President to Speak at 'Kindly Inquisitors' 20th Anniversary Event in D.C. on October 16,
- FIRE Fans in Cleveland: Greg Is in Your Area Next Week for Four Public Speeches,
- Modesto Doubles Down on Unconstitutional Policies, Claims School Protects Free Speech by Restricting It,
- FIRE President Greg Lukianoff Speaking at Texas A&M, UT Austin Next Week,
- Don't Cage My Speech! A Student Schools His College (VIDEO),
- Faced With Hateful Protest and Calls for Censorship, Indiana U. Admins Reaffirm Free Speech Rights,
- From Berkeley to the 'Blueprint': Prof. Dave's Fight for Free Speech on Campus (VIDEO),
- National and Local Media Spill a Lot of Ink on New NC 'Right-to-Counsel' Law,
- Schools Need Not Violate Basic Rights to Take Sexual Misconduct Seriously,
- Who's Too Weak to Live With Freedom? Prof. Alan Charles Kors on His Career Fighting for Free Expression (VIDEO),
- University of Central Arkansas Reviews 'Speech Code of the Month,' Promises to Revise Policy,
- 'Chronicle' Review Praises 'Unlearning Liberty,' Criticizes Blueprint,
- Samantha Harris in 'Inside Higher Ed': Federal 'Blueprint' Imposes Huge Administrative Burden,
- 'Unlearning Liberty': Harassment Codes Often Abused to Censor,
- 'Los Angeles Times' to Feds: Respect Campus Speech,
- 'Weekly Standard' on 'The Big Chill' Created by Feds' Speech Code Mandate,
- Censorship 1980s Style: 'WSJ' Ed Board Member Recalls His Fight for Free Expression,
- FIRE President Greg Lukianoff on ED/DOJ Speech Code Mandate for Brandeis Center Blog,
- Censorship at Syracuse, Part II: No Excuse at Syracuse for Gagging Student Satire (VIDEO),
- FIRE President to Appear on ‘Stossel’ Tonight to Discuss Free Speech, ‘Grit’,
- Censorship at Syracuse, Part I: School Expels Student Over Facebook Comments (VIDEO),
- New ACTA Report Tackles Academic Freedom, Speech Codes,
- Play With FIRE: Win a Free Signed Copy of 'Unlearning Liberty',
- FIRE President Greg Lukianoff Speaking at American University Tonight,
- No Charges Filed Against Indiana University Student Arrested for Sarcastic Tweet,
- Christina Hoff Sommers on the 'Tyranny of Niceness' (VIDEO),
- FIRE’s Will Creeley to Speak at University of Maryland Tomorrow,
- Latest FIRE Video Draws 27,000 Viewers, Coverage From ‘Boing Boing’,
- Student's Career Threatened After School Punishes Him for Profanity Outside of Class (VIDEO),
- FIRE President Greg Lukianoff Speaking at Purdue University Tomorrow,
- FIRE President Greg Lukianoff Speaking at Penn Tomorrow,
- FIRE’s Will Creeley Heads to Kentucky to Speak at UK, EKU,
- 'Unlearning Liberty' Featured as This Week's ACS 'Book Talk' Selection,
- Professor Don Downs Wins 2013 Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick Prize for Academic Freedom (VIDEO),
- Reason's Nick Gillespie on Higher Education's Failures and the Importance of FIRE,
- FIRE President Headed to San Francisco Next Week for Three Public Events,
- Greg & ‘Unlearning Liberty’ Featured in ‘Cato Daily Podcast’,
- In ‘Forbes,’ Greg Lukianoff Dismantles Myth of the ‘Heroic Censor’,
- FIRE is Hiring Two New, Full-Time Staffers! Apply Today!,
- Montclair State 'Trolling' Case Garners International Attention,
- Harvard Yard? Harvard Square? Censorship Will Find You Everywhere,
- Greg and 'Unlearning Liberty' Featured in 'Liberty Law Talk' Podcast,
- Greg Talks 'Unlearning Liberty' with 'Inside Higher Ed',
- What Will Your Contribution to Campus Freedom Be? Donate to FIRE Today!,
- 'techdirt' on Saginaw Valley State U's Censorship of Anti-Censorship Posters,
- Greg Guest-Blogging on ‘Ricochet’ This Week,
- Greg Talks ‘Unlearning Liberty’ with ReasonTV,
- VIDEO: How FIRE Helped Me Learn to Defend My Rights While I Was in College,
- Greg & FIRE in D.C. for Two ‘Unlearning Liberty’ Events on Dec. 11,
- ‘Unlearning Liberty’ in ‘Newsday,’ ‘The Register Citizen,’ and ‘University News’,
- Greg and ‘Unlearning Liberty’ in the News,
- Greg on ‘Volokh’ Today: Free Speech at Private Religious Colleges,
- Greg Takes on Speech Codes in Latest Installment of Blog Series at The Volokh Conspiracy,
- Listen to Greg on 'Topical Currents',
- New FIRE Video: Greg on the Themes of ‘Unlearning Liberty’,
- Pre-Order Sale for ‘Unlearning Liberty’,
- Greg in 'Huffington Post': 'Is Free Speech Just a Recent Fad?',
- Order ‘Unlearning Liberty’ Today and Save 34%!,
- FIRE Responds to Critics of the First Amendment,
- FIRE’s Shibley on ‘Stossel’ This Thursday,
- The Best Campus Climates are Those That Make People Think,
- UnlearningLiberty.com is Live!,
- 'Unlearning Liberty' has Gone Social!,
- Ignoring FIRE is Expensive,
- Speech Code of the Month at Indiana U-Southeast Featured by Fox News,
- FIRE Staff Hit the Airwaves,
- UC Violates Journalist's Rights; California Taxpayers Lose $162,500,
- Join FIRE in Las Vegas at FreedomFest, July 11-14,
- Celebrate the Launch of FIRE’s New ‘Guide to Free Speech’ July 18 in DC,
- This Month in FIRE History: Speech Code Falls at Citrus College,
- UCLA Professor’s Lawsuit Catches Fire in National Media,
- Rauch on Liberal Science and the UIUC Case,

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