Texas Tech University is backing away from some of its severe restrictions upon free expression in response to a free-speech lawsuit and student demands for constitutional rights.
Officials at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo were sued in federal court for violating the First Amendment rights of Cal Poly student Steven Hinkle.
FIRE’s mission is to defend and sustain the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought—the most essential qualities of liberty.
Officials at Harvard Business School admonished an editor of the school’s student-run newspaper for publishing a cartoon critical of the administration.
FIRE scored the first victory of its campaign against speech codes at public universities after California’s Citrus College abandoned its free speech zone.
