Table of Contents
FIRE Quarterly: Volume 7, Number 2
- FIRE Calls on Virginia Tech to Abandon New Political Litmus Test for Faculty
- From the Board of Directors
- Michigan State Drops ‘Spamming' Complaint Against Student Critic of Administration
- Victory for Individual Rights at Pomona College
- FIRE Cautions University of North Carolina System Against Implementing Hate Speech Policy
- From the Campus Freedom Network
- FIRE Pens Open Letter to President Obama
- FIRE's Adam Kissel Wins Education Writers Association Award
- Wright State University Bans Christian Group from Campus
- From the Director of Development: Leave a Lasting Legacy of Liberty
- Fanning the Flames: How to Add FIRE to Your Will: Planned Giving Made Easy
- The Last Word: FIRE to Hold 10th Anniversary Celebration in New York City
Recent Articles
FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.
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Let Americans have both a job and a political opinion
The First Amendment affords significant protection to public employees when they speak in their personal capacity on matters of public concern.
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I'm trans. The trans community's illiberalism is putting our rights at risk.
My fellow trans activists could take a page from the gay rights movement.
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Statement: The Kids Online Safety Act gives government ‘dangerous powers’ over Americans’ expression
KOSA hands government bureaucrats a powerful weapon to wield over social media websites — one that threatens every American’s ability to express themselves online.
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FIRE brief: TikTok law is unprecedented threat to Americans’ expressive rights
TikTok users and TikTok itself are challenging a new law that singles out and effectively bans an entire communications platform used by millions of Americans.