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Many of you have just completed another academic year, so we imagine that school may be far from your mind. But over the summer, all of us here at FIRE urge you to check in with your fellow CFN members by using the comment feature installed throughout the CFN site. By leaving comments, CFN members like yourself can share thoughts and plans, both on blog entries like this and school entries from FIRE’s Spotlight.
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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.
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