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FIRE’s development team is very excited to welcome its newest member, Paul Bartow, as our first philanthropy officer! Read more

People from across the political spectrum are entrenching themselves and assuming the worst of those on the other side of the political aisle. Read more

NPR reported a new development in the increasingly uneasy relationship between China, the U.S. government, and American academic institutions. Read more

FIRE wishes all of our readers and supporters a safe and happy Independence Day. Read more

The Times Union published an op-ed by FIRE intern, Daniel Zahn, who urged resistance to attempts to curb anti-Semitism through censorship. Read more

California State University Channel Islands' overbroad harassment policy is our Speech Code of the Month for July. Read more

I never knew how much I valued free speech until I wasn’t allowed to sing “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” at summer camp. Read more

Two recent cases touch on — but don’t definitively answer — the question of whether students at private colleges might also have due process rights. Read more

Both right and left wing narratives surrounding campus speech miss a major source of the conflict: students’ underdeveloped ability to listen. Read more

A response to noted constitutional law scholar Erwin Chemerinsky about Rutger's move to defund their student newspaper, The Daily Targum. Read more