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FIRE on BBC Radio Today
In just a few minutes, FIRE Vice President Robert Shibley will be a guest on today’s edition of the BBC News radio program ‘World Have Your Say.’ The topic of today’s show is “Are universities stifling debate on the Middle East,” and Robert will be discussing FIRE’s current case at San Francisco State University. Interested Torch readers can listen live on the BBC World Service at 1 p.m. Eastern time.
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Academic freedom suffers blow after blow in Florida
Florida keeps tightening the screws on higher ed — cancelled courses, gag laws, public shaming, and syllabi policing — and academic freedom just took another hit.
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Congress can subpoena broadly — but hauling reporters in for publishing the news chills journalism and sidesteps the First Amendment.