Enduring lessons from Nat Hentoff’s 1982 ‘The Day They Came to Arrest the Book’

Nat Hentoff’s 1982 Young Adult fiction book, “The Day They Came to Arrest the Book,” follows high school student newspaper editor Barney Roth as he navigates writing about and advocating for his teacher’s right to teach Huck Finn.

Offering no explanation, Osceola County permanently removes multiple books from its school libraries

FIRE calls on the school district to stop flouting the First Amendment and its own policies.

FIRE to Uvalde: Lift ban on father who questioned school safety or we'll sue

Uvalde father Adam Martinez was banned from school property and school board meetings for two years.

Students sue after Michigan school district forces them to remove ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ sweatshirts

Whether it’s a Pride Flag, Trump flag, or Let’s Go Brandon shirt, schools can’t pick and choose which political beliefs are worthy of expression.

Here’s why Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot can’t ask teachers to help her reelection campaign

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot backtracked on an email sent by a campaign staffer to public school teachers last week asking them to encourage students to volunteer on her reelection campaign in exchange for course credit.

Florida school district removes library books in response to public complaints, defying First Amendment and district policy

At an Osceola County School Board meeting last April, several community members objected to books in the school district’s libraries that the district then removed.

Alarming proposal would punish K-12 students for any written communication unrelated to class

Indiana University School of Medicine approves ideological litmus test for faculty seeking tenure and promotion 

Indiana University School of Medicine will require faculty seeking tenure and promotion to embrace the school’s politicized framework of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Faculty Network Interview: Michelle Deutchman, UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement

Introducing FIRE’s summer interns: Part 2

It’s been about a month since FIRE’s summer undergraduate interns started working with us. In celebration of them and their efforts, we would like to share a little bit about each intern in a two-blog series.