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Check Out FIRE's Back to School Page!
You can now access FIRE’s favorite Back to School resources all in one place.
Our popular Back to School series covered a range of helpful information that we hope will get you ready to speak your mind on campus this semester—now these tips have been compiled on a single, user-friendly webpage.
On our Back to School resource page you can:
- learn more about your right to protest on campus,
- find out if your school restricts speech, and take action if they do,
- prepare to defend yourself against attempts to censor political speech,
- get tips on hosting an advocacy event … and more!
We’ve even got two helpful videos on students’ rights ...
...and campus advocacy.
Check out all of FIRE's great Back to School resources, then get out there and speak your mind this semester!
Recent Articles
Get the latest free speech news and analysis from FIRE.
The secret war against student journalists
Across the country, colleges are using conduct hearings to punish student reporters for basic newsgathering — chilling who gets to tell campus stories.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (of protected speech)
The FBI is probing Signal chats that track ICE activity — without evidence of a crime. That’s not law enforcement. It’s a First Amendment problem.
The paper was her lifeboat — UMD called it interference
She founded a Muslim student paper for community. Now UMD calls her reporting on a protest “interference” — and is pursuing discipline.
The federal charges against Don Lemon raise serious concerns for press freedom
Don Lemon faces federal charges after entering a Minnesota church with disruptive protesters to cover the event. What does this mean for press freedom and First Amendment rights?