Support for requiring DEI statements in job applications is associated with willingness to restrict speech and investigate colleagues for controversial expression.
David Lat joins So to Speak, the free speech podcast, where every other week we take an uncensored look at the world of free expression through personal stories and candid conversations.
University of Utah’s Department of Communication is barring faculty from communicating disfavored words and ideas under its Anti-Racist Code of Conduct that requires the “eradication” of certain speech from teaching and curricula.
On March 20, 2023, Walter Wendler, the president of West Texas A&M University, abruptly canceled a drag show that a student group — Spectrum WT, an organization for LGBTQ+ students and their allies — was planning to hold at the public university.
University initially denied recognition because of purported similarities to another group on campus, but after FIRE’s intervention, it changed its mind.
