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Update on Student Government at Penn State
In March, FIRE discussed the dubious actions of the Penn State administration in abolishing the student government and replacing it with a weaker version that was supposed to be more functional. Elections for the new student government, UPUA, were held earlier this week and the newly elected UPUA president recently discussed his feelings about the new organization in the student newspaper. Visit the Daily Collegian’s website to read the new president’s views on the future of UPUA and the students who elected him.
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Did Grok break the law?
AI misuse is disturbing, especially involving kids — but sweeping new speech laws aren’t the answer. Existing laws already punish real harms.
The campaign to crush free speech in Minnesota
Minnesota’s anti-ICE protests have become a First Amendment stress test — showing what speech is protected, what isn’t, and how power abuses blur in real time.
The Alex Pretti shooting and the growing strain on the First Amendment
After Alex Pretti's death at the hands of Border Patrol, officials have rushed to brand him a terrorist. But the real danger here is not violent dissent. It’s hostility to the First Amendment.