FIRE Student Network Summer Conference 2023

The FIRE Student Network Summer Conference brings more than 100 college students from across the country to Philadelphia to learn, network, and strategize about free expression.

Free Press Workshop

This free workshop will bring together student journalists from across the country to learn how to assert your right to press freedom.

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast takes an uncensored look at the world of free expression through personal stories and candid conversations.

New episodes post every other Thursday.

How to make a winning free speech argument

Winning in the court of public opinion is hard. On today's show, founder Bob Ewing shares communications strategies that anyone -- including free speech advocates -- can use to win in the marketplace of ideas. Prior to founding the Ewing School,...

City University of New York: Chancellor, Board of Trustees Label Law School Commencement Remarks ‘Hate Speech,’ Claim It’s Not Free Speech

FIRE wrote CUNY to explain that speech does not lose its First Amendment protection solely because some deem it hateful.

From worst to first: Alumni help Bucknell surge up FIRE’s College Free Speech Rankings

An innovative alumni-led organization that focuses on intellectual diversity and the free exchange of ideas is making waves at Bucknell University.

Misunderstanding First Amendment, CUNY says anti-Israel commencement speech was not free speech but ‘hate speech’

After a student-selected speaker criticized Israel, the university, capitalism, and more in her May 12 law school commencement speech, the City University of New York released a statement calling the remarks “hate speech” and claiming they are not free speech.

FIRE Letter to City University of New York, May 31, 2023

Pennsylvania State University: Administrator Interferes With Student Group’s Attempt to Expel Member

FIRE reminds Penn State that student groups have associational rights to discipline their own members.

New Knight First Amendment Institute report and documentary: ‘Covering Democracy: Protests, police, and the press’ — First Amendment News 381

The new documentary “features the stories of several journalists who were assaulted or arrested while reporting at protests and explores the conflict and tension experienced on the frontlines, the changing role of the press, and the hardening of attitudes among the police toward journalists.”