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Explore FIRE's expansive library of resources and research on free speech, due process, and other civil liberties.

Learn with FIRE

Learn with FIRE provides learners with the opportunity to take courses on a wide range of topics, including free speech and due process, designed by our expert staff.

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2022 College Free Speech Rankings

The 2022 College Free Speech Rankings are based on the voices of 45,000 currently enrolled students at over 200 colleges.

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Supreme Court Cases

Explore First Amendment court cases, opinions, overview essays, academic discussions, and more to learn about the culture and law of free speech in the United States.

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FIRE’s Guides to Student Rights on Campus emphasize the critical importance of rule of law and fair procedure over partisan and repressive rules.

Scholars Under Fire

Scholars Under Fire: 2021 Year in Review

Over the past seven years, 537 incidents targeting a scholar for some form of professional sanction over constitutionally protected speech have occurred in higher education, and almost two-thirds of these targeting incidents have resulted in a sanction.

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Super Bowl free speech fumble

Podcasts

Super Bowl free speech fumble

FIRE's Will Creeley and Aaron Terr join the show to discuss Phoenix, Arizona's unconstitutional "clean zone" for Super Bowl LVII, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's effort to get public school students to volunteer for her re-election campaign,...

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Issue Pages

Misinformation versus disinformation, explained

Confusingly, the terms are used interchangeably. But they are different — and the distinction matters.

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Curricula

Lesson: History of Free Speech Speech

Artificial intelligence: Is it protected by the First Amendment?

Podcasts

Artificial intelligence: Is it protected by the First Amendment?

What does the rise of artificial intelligence mean for the future of free speech and the First Amendment? Who is liable for what AI produces? Can you own a copyright for works produced by AI? Does AI itself violate intellectual property rights when it...

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Reports

FIRE Report: MIT’s Institutional Health

MIT’s innovation is unmatched, and to keep it that way it must defend academic freedom.

The costs of offending religious sensitivities

Interviews

'So to Speak' podcast transcript: The costs of offending religious sensitivities

A faculty member at Hamline University lost her job. Twelve staffers at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were murdered. And Salman Rushdie was repeatedly stabbed. All of them offended certain people's religious sensitivities.

Mary Hall-Rayford is a plaintiff in FIRE's lawsuit against Eastpointe Mayor Monique Owens

FIRE Quarterly

FIRE Quarterly Winter 2023

The costs of offending religious sensitivities

Podcasts

The costs of offending religious sensitivities

A faculty member at Hamline University lost her job. Twelve staffers at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo were murdered. And Salman Rushdie was repeatedly stabbed. All of them offended certain people's religious sensitivities. On today's...

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Issue Pages

FIRE Statement on Free Speech and Social Media

FIRE is disturbed by calls for government action to force or pressure social media companies to censor.

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Curricula

Join FIRE's Alumni Network

Take this course to learn how to build, grow, and maintain an alumni group to support free expression at your alma mater.

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Curricula

Lesson: Can I Publish This?

Libel? Privacy? Intellectual property?! When you’re producing a publication, there are so many legal risks to keep in mind.

Are Ann Coulter's words really 'violence'?

Interviews

`So to Speak Podcast` transcript: Are Ann Coulter's words really 'violence'?

Do Ann Coulter's words equal "violence"? FIRE's Alex Morey and Zach Greenberg join the show to discuss the latest in campus censorship.

Are Ann Coulter's words really 'violence'?

Podcasts

Are Ann Coulter's words really 'violence'?

Do Ann Coulter's words equal "violence"? Does Emerson College care more about not offending the Chinese Communist Party than protecting student free speech rights? And are faculty political litmus tests back in vogue? FIRE's Alex Morey and...

Can a graphic designer be compelled to design a website for a same-sex wedding?

Interviews

`So to Speak` podcast transcript: Can a graphic designer be compelled to design a website for a same-sex wedding?

Hot on the heels of oral argument in 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, FIRE's Ronnie London and David Hudson join the show to discuss the case, as well as other high profile free speech cases at the Supreme Court this year.

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Reports

Spotlight on Speech Codes 2023

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