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

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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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Explore Supreme Court opinions, overview essays, academic discussions, and other resources to get the full picture of how the United States’ culture of free speech and First Amendment law has developed over the years.

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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.

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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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FIRE Article, "Nature Human Misbehavior: politicized science is neither science nor progress" (Sept. 14, 2022)

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FIRE Article, "Nature Human Misbehavior: politicized science is neither science nor progress" (Sept. 14, 2022)

This article titled "Nature Human Misbehavior: politicized science is neither science nor progress" by Johnathan Rauch was published on FIRE's Newsdesk on September 14, 2022. View for all links to citations and related...

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Free speech and the American Founding

This Saturday, Sept. 17, is Constitution Day. It was on this day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed America's Constitution. And while the First Amendment was not ratified until 1791, discussions over the role of free...

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FIRE Letter to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, September 12, 2022

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College Free Speech Rankings

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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Revise Your School's Speech Codes Pamphlet

This pamphlet will walk you through what FIRE’s college Policy Reform team can do to help improve your institution’s policies.

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Guide to Working with Student Government

For many students, interacting with student government leaders can be intimidating. However, if you seek to affect change on campus, working with student governments can be one of the best tools at your disposal.

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Let Them Speak Activity Kit

Take action to ensure that everyone on campus has the right to speak! Use this toolkit to educate your campus community about the right to listen and the worrisome trend of disinviting campus speakers, and offer tactics for how students can respond to speech with which they disagree without resorting to censorship.

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Speak Truth to Power: Fall 2017 Activism on Campus Toolkit

Use your voice so that others can use theirs on campus! Explore the Speak Truth to Power toolkit to learn how you can engage with your campus community this fall and ensure that everyone on campus has the right to speak truth to power.