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FIRE Ad in U.S. News Best Colleges Edition
FIRE’s advertisement for Spotlight: The Campus Freedom Resource is currently running in the August 28 issue of U.S. News & World Report, available on newsstands now and at usnews.com. As another school year commences, we encourage students to look into their universities’ speech code policies. FIRE’s Spotlight can provide information on your school’s policies, as well as relevant links to FIRE’s research and case materials regarding speech codes. Check out the ad and Spotlight today, and remember to know before you go!
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FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.

FIRE to Congress, university presidents: Don’t expand censorship. End it.
College administrators should eliminate speech codes and defend free speech in all cases. No hypocrisy. No double standards.

Why (most) calls for genocide are protected speech
Creating a “genocide” exception to free speech only opens the door to more speech restrictions and selective enforcement.

Remembering Frederick Douglass, free speech’s greatest defender
Frederick Douglass argued that freedom of speech was essential in maintaining one’s liberty. In the minds of Douglass and other abolitionists, the free exchange of ideas produced greater political freedom.

Special post: Stephen Rohde, ‘University Presidents Were Right to Condemn Hate Speech and Defend Free Speech’ — First Amendment News 403.1
Special guest post by Stephen Rohde on the string of controversies regarding free speech and anti-Semitism on college campuses.