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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!
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FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.
Purdue fails its own test on institutional neutrality
Purdue claimed neutrality — until a student paper challenged it. But pressuring the paper to change its name is not neutrality. It’s censorship.
Extortion in plain sight
A baseless lawsuit, FCC strong-arming, an $8 billion merger — and free speech hanging in the balance. Robert Corn-Revere exposes the political pressure campaign that forced CBS to settle a case that never should’ve been filed.
Jailed for basic journalism, Texas reporter takes free speech fight to Supreme Court
When local officials tried to turn journalism into a crime, Priscilla Villarreal refused to back down. Arrested for asking questions, now with FIRE at her side, she’s taking her fight all the way to the Supreme Court.
Speech is not a crime — even if it complicates ICE’s job
Aaron Terr explains why alerting others to law enforcement activity, or reporting on it, is protected by the First Amendment.