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REPORT: Great Fakes? Michigan colleges routinely fail to protect free speech on campus

Michigan may be known for its Great Lakes, but a new report from FIRE suggests that its universities’ free speech promises don’t hold much water. “ State of the Speech Codes: Michigan ” examines the s...

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Study shows just 2% of Michigan students attend a university that respects free speech

PHILADELPHIA, March 29, 2022 — A new study by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education analyzes the state of free speech at 26 Michigan colleges and universities. “ State of the Speech Codes:...

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I want to go to law school, but I'm not excited for 3 years of illiberalism and controversy

Julien Jean Zayatz / Shutterstock.com As Yale Law School grapples with the recent disruption of an event featuring student-invited speakers, FIRE program officer Sabrina Conza reflects on how speaker ...

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Former Editor of Al Arabiya English Bashes the Democrat Iran Deal

“When President Barack Obama negotiated the nuclear deal with Iran, we Saudis understood him to be seeking the breakup of a 70-year marriage.” I almost wrote ‘America’s Iran Deal’ in the title, but th...

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Shouting down speakers is mob censorship: Part 14 of answers to arguments against free speech from Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff

In May 2021, I published a list of “ Answers to 12 Bad Anti-Free Speech Arguments ” with our friends over at Areo . The great Nadine Strossen — former president of the ACLU from 1991 to 2008, and one ...

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Linfield launches investigation of professor’s posts praising English majors, suggesting tensions between English and business departments

Linfield University is investigating Professor Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt for her social media posts that praised English majors and criticized the business school’s takeover of the building housing the ...

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Bad move: SUNY Brockport caves, sends in-person event online after pressure from elected officials and public criticism

Jalil Muntaqim, formerly known as Anthony Bottom, was convicted of killing two police officers in the 1970s. Muntaquim was invited by a SUNY faculty member to speak about his stint as a Black Panther....

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Ukraine Updates: Russia ‘Reducing’ Military Activity in Kyiv and Chernihiv

The peace talks are the first in two weeks. At the last one, a Russian oligarch and two Ukrainian delegates had symptoms of a possible poisoning. It’s Day 34 of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine...

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Bobby Burchfield pledges $4.5 million to create a First Amendment chair at GW Law — FAN 332

Bobby Burchfield (credit: Bobby Burchfield) Bobby Burchfield graduated from George Washington University Law School in 1979; he was editor-in-chief of the law review (his student note: “Suggested Limi...

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VICTORY: Med student prohibited from starting a club promoting universal healthcare reaches settlement with Eastern Virginia Medical School

NORFOLK, Va., Mar. 22, 2022 — Today, seven months after filing a lawsuit against Eastern Virginia Medical School with help from the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, medical student Edwar...

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Does free speech ‘inevitably’ lead towards truth? Is the ‘Marketplace of Ideas’ a broken metaphor? Part 13 of answers to arguments against free speech from Nadine Strossen and Greg Lukianoff

In May 2021, I published a list of “ Answers to 12 Bad Anti-Free Speech Arguments ” with our friends over at Areo . The great Nadine Strossen — former president of the ACLU from 1991 to 2008, and one ...

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LIVE: Ukraine Says Russia Aims to Split the Country “Like North and South Korea”

Amid raging war, Moscow announces a ‘referendum’ in captured Luhansk region. Following the Russian military’s announcement that it was scaling down of the operations and planed to focus on consolidati...

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SUNY Brockport betrays First Amendment obligations, defunds controversial speaker

SUNY Brockport has defunded a speaking appearance by Jalil Muntaqim. (Matthew Yeoman Wikipedia.org) Following heated backlash from elected officials and the public, SUNY Brockport defunded an appearan...

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Indiana passes bill establishing protections for campus free speech in state law

Indiana State Capitol Building in Indianapolis. (Sean Pavone / Shutterstock.com) Earlier this week, Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed House Bill 1190 into law after it unanimously passed the Indiana Ho...

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SUNY Brockport must not heed calls to disinvite former Black Panther, convicted murderer

Jalil Muntaqim, a former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member convicted of killing two police officers in the 1970s, has been invited to speak at SUNY Brockport. (Jalil Muntaqim / Facebook.c...

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Iran-Backed Houthi Terrorists Hit Saudi Oil Facilities, Threaten Global Fuel Supply

Terror strikes come as Biden White House finalizes nuclear deal with Iran. As sanctions on Russia cause a global energy supply crunch, Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi terrorist group carried out multiple d...

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Ukraine Updates: At Least 300 Killed inMariupol Theater Bombing, Biden Threatens China if Xi Helps Putin

Biden visits Poland on Friday. Stick with me, friends. It’s been a month since Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, eight years after it invaded Donbas and annexed Crimea. Russia is stil...

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Ukraine Updates: Zelenskyy Criticizes NATO, Warns Members Aren’t Safe From Russia

Zelenskyy is sick of those strongly-worded letters and condemnations. He’s calling out NATO and making it known he knows the organization is a farce. It’s Day 29 of Russia’s escalated invasion of Ukra...

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Jackson says she’ll recuse herself from case challenging affirmative action at Harvard

The third day of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s nomination hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson proceeded much like the second . Jackson vowed to respect precedent and to rule “without any agend...

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Ukraine Updates: Thousands Trapped in Mariupol, Tensions Growing Between Russia and Poland

“As of today, there are about 100,000 people in the city. In inhumane conditions. In a complete blockade. No food, no water, no medicine. Under constant shelling, under constant bombing.” Thank you, e...

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