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Oklahoma responds (sort of) to FIRE investigation into troubling faculty workshop

Oklahoma responds (sort of) to FIRE investigation into troubling faculty workshop

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FIRE announces ‘Practitioner’s Guide’ for attorneys handling Title IX cases

FIRE announces ‘Practitioner’s Guide’ for attorneys...

Bard College labeled ‘undesirable foreign organization’ in Russia, the newest troubling development in international higher education

Bard College labeled ‘undesirable foreign organization’ in...

VICTORY: Supreme Court sides with high school cheerleader, rules school’s punishment for Snapchat posts violated First Amendment

VICTORY: Supreme Court sides with high school cheerleader,...

VICTORY: With FIRE’s help, Florida Atlantic University overhauls problematic media policies that inhibited student journalism

VICTORY: With FIRE’s help, Florida Atlantic University...

So to speak podcasts

So to Speak podcast: Mahanoy v. B.L. Supreme Court ruling analysis

So to Speak podcast: Mahanoy v. B.L. Supreme Court ruling analysis

So to Speak podcast: A history of Western censorship with Eric Berkowitz

So to Speak podcast: A history of Western censorship with Eric Berkowitz

So to Speak podcast: ‘The Constitution of Knowledge’ with Jonathan Rauch

So to Speak podcast: ‘The Constitution of Knowledge’ with Jonathan...

The Eternally Radical Idea

Jon Rauch’s ‘The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth’ is the most important book of 2021: The June 2021 Prestigious Awards

Jon Rauch’s ‘The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth’ is the most important book of 2021: The June 2021 Prestigious...

John McWhorter’s ‘Nine Nasty Words’ is my May book of the month — with a serious digression into academic freedom & teaching about epithets

John McWhorter’s ‘Nine Nasty Words’ is my May book of the month — with a serious digression into academic freedom & teaching about...

Jonathan Rauch’s ‘Kindly Inquisitors’ wins first-ever EXCESSIVELY Prestigious Award! Martin Gurri, Joseph Henrich tie for second place.

Jonathan Rauch’s ‘Kindly Inquisitors’ wins first-ever EXCESSIVELY Prestigious Award! Martin Gurri, Joseph Henrich tie for second...

Free Speech History Podcasts

Clear and Present Danger – Episode 41 – Free Speech and Racial Justice: Friends or Foes?

Clear and Present Danger – Episode 41 – Free Speech and Racial Justice: Friends or...

Clear and Present Danger – Special Edition – Suzanne Nossel

Clear and Present Danger – Special Edition – Suzanne Nossel

Clear and Present Danger – Special Edition – Daphne Keller and Kate Klonick

Clear and Present Danger – Special Edition – Daphne Keller and Kate...

Fire Videos

John Stuart Mill’s Trident slays censorship arguments [VIDEO]

John Stuart Mill’s Trident slays censorship arguments [VIDEO]

No diversity of thought in University of Oklahoma diversity training [VIDEO]

No diversity of thought in University of Oklahoma diversity training...

Union college has an unacceptable policy [VIDEO]

Union college has an unacceptable policy [VIDEO]