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FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.

Animal rights advocates sue after facing ongoing censorship and arrest for peaceful advocacy in Houston public park
One advocate was arrested and handcuffed for two hours after peacefully demonstrating in a public park. FIRE is suing to protect the constitutional right to speak freely in public parks.

FIRE reminds Ninth Circuit that teachers have free speech rights, too
In a new friend of the court filing, FIRE asks the Ninth Circuit to protect teachers’ right to advocate for school policy change.

Defending the right ‘to talk drool in favor of a proletarian dictatorship’ — First Amendment News 395
Unlike so many of today’s pompous defenders of free speech who champion the First Amendment whenever it privileges their ideological team, Holmes pushed real risk to the borders of near destruction.

Chicago art student investigated for expressing religious beliefs
A peer’s complaint about the student’s religious beliefs prompted a Title IX investigation, during which an administrator suggested the school’s commitment to “diversity” negates its promises of free speech.