Harvard University

In baffling decision, Harvard excuses violence against student briefly disrupting Chinese diplomat’s speech

October 24, 2024

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A tale of two universities: Why South Carolina soared, and Harvard didn’t, in FIRE’s free speech rankings

October 10, 2024

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How college leaders can overcome the current campus crisis

June 10, 2024

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In big win for campus free speech, Harvard won’t issue statements on hot-button social and political issues

May 28, 2024

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In the aftermath of Claudine Gay's resignation, here's how Harvard can reform itself

January 2, 2024

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FIRE urges Reps to vote NO on House resolution targeting university presidents

December 13, 2023

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Why (most) calls for genocide are protected speech

December 8, 2023

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FIRE to Congress, university presidents: Don’t expand censorship. End it.

December 6, 2023

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Harvard gets worst score ever in FIRE’s College Free Speech Rankings

September 6, 2023

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VICTORY: Harvard dean relents, will offer fellowship to human rights leader

January 20, 2023

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FIRE criticizes Harvard for rescinding human rights champion Ken Roth’s fellowship

January 6, 2023

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FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate runs for Harvard Board of Overseers on free expression platform

November 9, 2022

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FIRE submits concerns over Harvard harassment policy proposals

September 29, 2022

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Trend of racially segregated campus events is putting institutions on dangerous legal ground

April 22, 2022

Harvard reserves performance of ‘Macbeth’ exclusively for ‘Black-identifying audience members’

October 28, 2021

VICTORY: O say, can you see? Nicki Minaj flag in Harvard dorm window flies on. 

September 28, 2021

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Calling all Barbz: Twitter rallies behind Harvard students told to remove Nicki Minaj flag from dorm window

September 10, 2021

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FIRE urges 15 top colleges and universities to improve restrictive press policies

November 12, 2020

Linguists’ campaign against Pinker flops, but still troubles

July 22, 2020

Bye-bye blacklist: Harvard ends attack on single-sex groups

June 30, 2020

Press Release

Campus-specific analyses of the climate for free expression reveal stark differences between schools

May 15, 2020

Report: Harvard Law School administrator canceled 2015 event on dissent in China

April 24, 2020

FIRE names America’s 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2020

January 29, 2020

Press Release

10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2020

January 29, 2020

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Harvard enacts problematic policies for controversial speakers

October 2, 2019

Sen. Chuck Grassley presses universities about commitment to academic freedom

October 2, 2019

Ismail Ajjawi, a freshman initially denied entry to the U.S., begins classes at Harvard

September 3, 2019

Another troubling denial at the border, this time for an incoming Harvard freshman

August 27, 2019

Court: Harvard policy on single-sex orgs may be unlawful discrimination

August 12, 2019

“When Harvard stumbles”

June 14, 2019

Harvard law prof who agreed to represent Harvey Weinstein ousted as faculty dean

May 13, 2019

Harvard backs down from security fee on Palestinian rights event

April 11, 2019

Statement: Harvard President Bacow should put an end to Sullivan controversy

February 28, 2019

Harvard Law professor faces backlash for defending Harvey Weinstein

February 20, 2019

Blacklist challenged in court as students “Stand Up to Harvard”

December 3, 2018

FIRE to Congress: Harvard blacklist policy shut down women’s organizations

October 8, 2018

Supreme Court Justice Kagan urges students to debate more, be “less sensitive”

October 5, 2018

Harvard sorority closes down due to sanctions policy

August 9, 2018

Association of American Universities endorses free speech statement

April 20, 2018

UPDATE: After Florida school shooting, ‘Worst Colleges for Free Speech’ promising high schoolers a right to protest

March 14, 2018

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Freedom of association officially dead at Harvard

March 8, 2018

Using grant from FIRE, Harvard College Open Campus Initiative hosts discussion on campus censorship

February 20, 2018

The 10 worst colleges for free speech: 2018

February 12, 2018

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FIRE names America’s 10 worst colleges for free speech: 2018

February 12, 2018

Press Release

So to Speak podcast: Professor Randall Kennedy on ‘The Forgotten Origins of the Constitution on Campus’

January 25, 2018

Harvard Corporation finalizes single-gender organization sanctions policy

December 14, 2017

With disappointing vote, Harvard faculty officially reject freedom of association

November 9, 2017

Don’t be fooled, Harvard is not ‘back-pedaling’

October 3, 2017

Harvard bows to pressure from the intelligence community, withdraws ‘Visiting Fellow’ title from Chelsea Manning

September 15, 2017

Harvard professors sign, resubmit faculty motion against social club ban

August 21, 2017

FIRE to Harvard alumni: Urge Harvard to protect freedom of association

July 26, 2017

In rescinding admission offers over memes, Harvard shows its own poor judgment

July 25, 2017

Shocking twist: Harvard club ban had only 7 votes from 27-member committee

July 24, 2017

Harvard students, faculty, alumni, vow fight against ‘deeply disturbing’ social club ban

July 17, 2017

Harvard’s Steven Pinker on proposal to ban social clubs: ‘This is a terrible recommendation’

July 13, 2017

Harvard committee proposes banning all social clubs; punishing violators

July 12, 2017

The bell tolls for Harvard President Drew Faust — not the Liberty Bell!

June 16, 2017

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About Harvard’s decision to revoke admission offers

June 7, 2017

Harvard president defends free speech in commencement speech; Harvard still actively suppresses student rights

May 26, 2017

FIRE Q&A: Harvard sorority president Rebecca Ramos

May 2, 2017

Harvard anti-gender discrimination policy threatens to violate Title IX by recommending gender discrimination

April 7, 2017

Faculty motion against Harvard blacklist policy kicked to committee led by policy’s architect

March 28, 2017

Harvard blacklist saga gets even more unbelievable as dean appoints self to review self

March 9, 2017

Harvard dean: I will implement ‘nearly all’ of super blacklist

March 6, 2017

Original Harvard blacklist committee: How can we make this worse?

February 24, 2017

FIRE Announces America’s 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2017

February 22, 2017

Press Release

Harvard’s Troubled History with Free Association: Part 2

February 7, 2017

Harvard’s Troubled History with Free Association: Part 1

February 6, 2017

Harvard: Blacklist Policy Might Be ‘Revised or Replaced’

January 26, 2017

Press Release

Harvard President to Consider ‘Alternatives’ to Final Club Policy, but Reveals Troubling Views on Freedom of Association

November 7, 2016

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Faculty, Students Take on Harvard Admins over Final Club/Greek Org Blacklist

November 4, 2016

Professors Standing Up for Freedom of Association at Harvard

September 13, 2016

Harvard to Student Club: Lie About Your Policies and You’ll Be OK

August 16, 2016

I Condemn the Harvard Club I Almost Joined, But It Has My Support

July 22, 2016

Harvard Faculty, Students, Alumni Condemn Social Club Blacklist (VIDEO)

July 11, 2016

Harvard Faculty and Former President Oppose University’s Threat of Sanctions for Independent Club Members

May 25, 2016

Special Treatment? Harvard Exempts ‘The Harvard Crimson’ from Single-Gender Club Policy

May 20, 2016

A Messy End to the Semester: Harvard, Blacklisting, and Curtailing Student Rights

May 17, 2016

‘Gravely Concerned’ Over Social Club Sanctions, FIRE Writes to Harvard

May 12, 2016

Harvard’s Double Standard on the Role of Student Organizations

May 9, 2016

Harvard Brings Back the Blacklist for Final Club, Fraternity, Sorority Students

May 6, 2016

Press Release

Harvard Law School Administration Enables, Assists Students in Censoring Peers

March 31, 2016

As New Lawsuit Alleges Racial Discrimination in Campus Sexual Assault Proceedings, ‘Hunting Ground’ Producers Continue to Blame Film’s Criticism on ‘Threat’ to ‘White Male Power’

January 8, 2016

‘Hunting Ground’ Filmmakers to Harvard Law Profs: Criticizing Our Film Could Create a 'Hostile Climate'

December 4, 2015

Harvard Professors Denounce ‘The Hunting Ground’ as ‘Misleading,’ ‘Propaganda’

November 12, 2015

Strossen Praises FIRE at Harvard Free Press Lecture, Criticizes OCR for Chilling Speech

October 21, 2015

FIRE Chairman Calls Out Northeast Colleges in Annual ‘Muzzle Awards’

July 6, 2015

Harvard Students and Faculty Respond to Robin Steinberg Disinvitation

February 25, 2015

Harvard Law Prof Details Complexities of Campus Sexual Assault

February 12, 2015

Universities Must Resist Pressure to Find Innocent Students Guilty

January 13, 2015

Former OCR Lawyer Hans Bader Responds to Finding of Title IX Violation at Harvard Law School

January 7, 2015

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Harvard Law Professor: OCR’s Stance on Campus Sex Assault is ‘Madness’

January 2, 2015

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Department of Education Finds Harvard Law School Violated Title IX

December 30, 2014

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Harvard Law Professor: Students Want Profs to Drop Classes on Rape Law

December 16, 2014

‘New York Times’ Takes a More Thorough Look at Mishandling of Campus Rape

November 17, 2014

Law Professor Janet Halley on Why Harvard’s Sexual Harassment Policy Must Change

November 14, 2014

In Mishandling Sexual Assault Allegations Against Patrick Witt, Yale Failed Everyone

November 7, 2014

KC Johnson on Harvard’s ‘Disturbingly Opaque’ New Sexual Assault Procedures

July 29, 2014

Bloomberg Blasts ‘Disinvitation Season’ in Harvard Commencement Address

June 3, 2014

Harvard School of Ed Dean Responds to Calls to Disinvite Commencement Speaker

May 20, 2014

‘Harvard Crimson’ Column: Time to Get Rid of Academic Freedom

February 21, 2014

The 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2013

December 27, 2013

Wright State's Threat to Cut Student Newspaper Funding Places 'Mission' Over Constitution

November 14, 2013

Harvey Silverglate on the 'Slow Death of Free Speech at Harvard'

November 4, 2013

Report on Harvard's Secret Email Search Released

July 25, 2013

16th Annual 'Campus Muzzle' Awards Feature Yale, Tufts, Harvard

June 27, 2013

Harvard Communications Office As Large As Its Physics Department

June 3, 2013

Harvard and How Silence Isn’t Golden

April 12, 2013

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Tyga Comes to Campus: Penn Students Call for Dialogue, Harvard Students Call for Cancellation

April 3, 2013

Really, Harvard? You Read More Emails? I Mean, Really?

April 3, 2013

FIRE's Shibley in ‘Forbes’ on Harvard E-mail Scandal

March 12, 2013

Answering ‘The Harvard Crimson’ on ‘Unconstructive’ Flyers

December 10, 2012

Wendy Kaminer Tackles Harvard's Laugh-Free Culture

December 4, 2012

Changes to Harvard Student Disciplinary Process Reviewed

November 7, 2012

Feigning Free Speech on Campus

October 24, 2012

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FIRE Chairman Takes On Harvard’s Renewed Civility Push

September 24, 2012

Not at Liberty to Discuss

September 14, 2012

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Is Harvard More Repressive Than the Town That Banned Swearing?

July 2, 2012

Compelling ‘Civility’

June 1, 2012

‘Crimson’ Reports on Due Process Concerns as Harvard Revises Sexual Assault Policy

May 14, 2012

Harvard Business School Fails to Live Up to Its Own Standards

May 8, 2012

‘Free Speech Week’ Celebrated on Campuses Nationwide

April 13, 2012

Does Harvard Deserve to be on the ‘Worst Colleges’ List?

April 5, 2012

‘12 Worst Colleges for Free Speech’ List in the News

March 30, 2012

The top 12 worst colleges for free speech

March 28, 2012

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FIRE’s 12 Worst Colleges for Free Speech in 2012

March 27, 2012

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‘Harvard Crimson’ Exposes Violations of Free Speech in Policies Identified by FIRE

January 30, 2012

This Month in FIRE History: Controversy at Harvard Business School

January 19, 2012

FIRE Speaker in Philadelphia Thursday

January 18, 2012

FIRE Intervenes at Harvard after Faculty Fires Economics Professor over Political Article Published in India

January 5, 2012

Harvard Faculty Fires Economics Professor over Political Article Published in India

December 8, 2011

'Enthusiastic Consent' at Harvard

October 18, 2011

Victory at Harvard: University Stands Up for Rights of Controversial Professor

September 22, 2011

Joanne Jacobs on the Harvard 'Kindness' Pledge

September 19, 2011

Virginia Postrel on Harvard's Kindness Pledge

September 16, 2011

FIRE's Harvey Silverglate and Adam Kissel Take on Harvard's Civility Pledge at 'Minding the Campus'

September 13, 2011

Peter in 'PolicyMic' on Harvard Freshman Pledge

September 12, 2011

Greg Examines Harvard's New Civility Pledge in 'The Huffington Post'

September 8, 2011

Does Harvard Want Bold Thinkers or Good Little Boys and Girls?

September 7, 2011

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In Unprecedented, Ill-Considered Move, Harvard Pressures Freshmen to Sign Civility Pledge

September 1, 2011

Harvard, India, Swamy, and the Right to Advocate for Radical Social Change

August 1, 2011

Harvard Must Remember Free Speech Promises, End Investigation of Professor's Newspaper Column

July 28, 2011

'Harvard Law Review' Note Tackles Complex Issue of Distinguishing Government Versus Private Speech

January 31, 2011

Dartmouth Newspaper Notes College's 'Green-Light' Rating and Poor Performance of Ivy Peers

January 6, 2011

Silverglate: Why Did Harvard Leave Out Education?

December 13, 2010

Harvard-Yale 2010 T-shirt Wars Begin; No Free Speech Casualties ... Yet

November 9, 2010

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After Retraction of ‘Media Policy,’ Harvard Med School Updates Faculty Conflict Rules

August 31, 2010

In Case You Couldn't Find Harvard's Free Speech Policy ...

August 11, 2010

New England Ivies Earn ‘Muzzle Awards’ from FIRE Chairman

July 2, 2010

Money Talks at Harvard, Even When Speech is Chilled

May 10, 2010

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Dean’s Handling of Harvard Law E-Mail Controversy Continues to Generate Criticism

May 10, 2010

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Speech Chilled at Harvard Law

May 3, 2010

Minority Views Unsafe at Harvard Law; Dean Betrays Marketplace of Ideas

April 30, 2010

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Beat Harvard - Just Don't Call Them Sissies

November 24, 2009

Withholding of Report on Harvard Disciplinary Body Shows Hypocrisy

November 20, 2009

FIRE Chairman on Harvard’s Censorship of Controversial Speaker

October 23, 2009

Harvard Students Unlearn Liberty

October 20, 2009

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Harvard Medical School to drop policy restricting students from speaking to media

September 2, 2009

Jessica Corry Weighs in on ‘HLR’ Case Comment at ‘Human Events’

August 28, 2009

In ‘The Huffington Post,’ Greg Points out Dangers of Pro-Speech Code ‘Harvard Law Review’ Comment

August 21, 2009

Why the ‘Harvard Law Review’ comment defending campus speech codes matters

August 20, 2009

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More Fallout from Shoddy Scholarship in Harvard Law Review

August 14, 2009

David French on Sloppy Speech Code Comment in ‘Harvard Law Review’

August 11, 2009

'Harvard Law Review' Gets Lazy: Prestigious Journal Publishes Article Ignoring Case Law, Defending Speech Codes

August 3, 2009

Silverglate on Gates Arrest and the First Amendment Right to be Rude

July 30, 2009

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The State of Free Speech on Campus: Harvard University

July 2, 2009

Rights in the News: FIRE’s Thought Reform Efforts Continue to Resonate

May 1, 2009

Harvard and Dartmouth Oppose Petition Candidates and Independent Trustees

April 29, 2009

Outside Input Unwanted: A Brief History of Petition Candidacies in University Governance

March 24, 2009

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Harvey Silverglate Makes Case for Harvard’s Board of Overseers at Forbes.com

March 23, 2009

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Rights in the News: Harvey’s Harvard Candidacy Continues to Grab Headlines

February 27, 2009

‘Boston Globe’ Columnist on Harvey’s Harvard Candidacy

February 25, 2009

‘Harvard Law Record’ Discusses Individual Rights with Harvard Board of Overseers Candidates

February 19, 2009

FIRE Co-founder Nominated for Harvard Board of Overseers

February 17, 2009

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Eliminating Unconstitutional Speech Codes: A Nonpartisan Issue

January 14, 2009

Harvey’s Harvard Board of Overseers Run: A Follow-Up

December 22, 2008

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Harvard Persists in Supporting Censorship of ‘Barely Legal’ Party

July 7, 2008

Maybe Harvard Thought It Was The ‘Manifestly Illegal’ Party?

June 24, 2008

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Harvard’s Weak Response Fails to Address Censorship of Party Name

June 11, 2008

Harvard Censors Student Groups because of Party’s Name

June 5, 2008

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Censorship at Harvard University: Administration Threatened to Cancel ‘Barely Legal’ Party Due to Event’s Name

June 5, 2008

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Hypocrisy and the Harvard Faculty

November 16, 2007

U. of Delaware Story Hits Student Press

November 9, 2007

Professor, Examine Thyself

October 8, 2007

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‘Free Speech and Double Standards’

October 3, 2007

Larry Summers and ‘Academia at Its Worst’

September 19, 2007

Silverglate: Universities Take Over Alumni Magazines

November 17, 2006

Harvard Football Coach Tosses Player for ‘Mean-spirited Attack’

September 26, 2006

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'Inside Higher Ed' Reports on Recent Cases of Censorship on Campus

September 12, 2006

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Journalism Association Condemns Press Freedom Violations

August 16, 2006

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More Shocking Offensiveness from a College Newspaper

May 9, 2006

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Harvard Law: A Parody of Freedom

March 27, 2006

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Constructive Criticism for Campus Administrators in ‘The Economist’

March 13, 2006

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Celebrating One Year of ‘The Torch’

February 28, 2006

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‘If Harvard’s President Can’t Be Provocative, Who Can?’

February 24, 2006

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The Speech Larry Summers Should Have Given

February 24, 2006

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Larry Summers Announces His Resignation from Harvard

February 21, 2006

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Wendy McElroy Lauds FIRE

December 21, 2005

Truth in Advertising at Harvard

June 15, 2005

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‘Training,’ Not Education

May 31, 2005

Silverglate in Sunday’s ‘Boston Globe’

May 31, 2005

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Thought Reform in Disguise

May 28, 2005

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Summers’ Time and the Livin’ is Easy…

May 17, 2005

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‘¡Viva el Presidente Summers!’

May 2, 2005

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Students Sift Through Summers’ Spiel

May 2, 2005

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Another Summers Offense Resurfaces—Seven Months Late

April 20, 2005

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‘Harvard Says Nizzo to Snoop Dogg’

April 18, 2005

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FIRE’s French on Fox News Today

March 30, 2005

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More ‘Mallard Fillmore’

March 30, 2005

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Free Speech and Harvard Law

March 28, 2005

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Silence in the Unfair "Marketplace

March 25, 2005

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The Latest on Summers: Students (Just Barely) Reject Their Own No-Confidence Vote

March 24, 2005

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Sommers Speaks About Summers

March 23, 2005

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A No-Confidence Vote in Academia?

March 16, 2005

Makin’ Some Harvard Lemonade

March 8, 2005

Insults and the Constitution

March 7, 2005

Jada Pinkett Smith: In Her Own Words

March 3, 2005

Harvard Loves Free Speech

March 3, 2005

Dershowitz on Summers

March 1, 2005

‘The Economist’ on Summers

February 28, 2005

A Rare Opportunity

February 28, 2005

International News Lights on FIRE

February 25, 2005

Are Things Getting Worse?

February 25, 2005

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Harvard Controversy Inspires Student Activism

February 23, 2005

Marketplace of Fear

February 21, 2005

The Summers Transcript

February 18, 2005

Welcome to ‘The Torch’

February 8, 2005

The Re-‘Invasian’

February 7, 2005

The Censors’ Favorite Team

February 4, 2005

Say It Ain't So!

January 27, 2005

Harvard Injustice: Kafka on the Charles

January 3, 2004

Press Release

Suing Harvard: Dealing With the Hometown Advantage

September 21, 2003

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Speech Codes: Alive and Well at Colleges

August 1, 2003

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Record Editorial: HLS Needs Harassment Policy Alternatives

November 20, 2002

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Difficult Conversations

November 17, 2002

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Harbus Editor Resigns

November 17, 2002

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Cartoon Incites Harvard Free Speech Debate

November 13, 2002

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Tempers Stirred by Harvard Cartoon

November 11, 2002

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Letter to the Editor

September 19, 2002

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Title IX Complaint Questionable

September 17, 2002

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Rape Charges: It's Time to End "He said/she said" Justice

August 21, 2002

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