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George Washington University recants promise to uncover Chinese government critics after artist’s satirical Olympics posters appear on campus

Five works of art by the Chinese dissident artist Badiucao created for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing depicting, in his words, "the Chinese government’s oppression of the Tibetan people, the Uygh...

2022-02-07

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FIRE lights the torch with Olympics ad featuring NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom

WASHINGTON, D.C. Feb. 7, 2022 – NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom knows the cost of censorship. When he started speaking out against the government of his native Turkey, Turkish officials put his dad in ja...

2022-02-07

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QUIET CAMPUSES: America’s 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2, 2022 — Like our collective obsession with Wordle, censorship is spreading fast. In the 11th edition of the “10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech,” released today, the Foundation for...

2022-02-02

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GOP Senators Question Qualifications of ‘Woke’ Fed Reserve Nominee, Promptly Get Accused of Racism

Sen. Elizabeth Warren characterized attacks on Joe Biden’s nomination of Lisa Cook as “racist, sexist and just plain dumb.” Last month, President Biden announced three Federal Reserve nominees – Sara...

2022-02-06

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Georgetown Law provokes backlash by suspending lecturer over tweets

From Nikole Hannah-Jones (top left) to Bari Weiss (bottom left), there's no shortage of critics who disagree with Georgetown Law's decision to suspend Ilya Shapiro over controversial tweets. Georgetow...

2022-02-01

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FIRE statement on Georgetown’s suspension and investigation of Ilya Shapiro

FIRE strongly condemns Georgetown Law’s suspension and investigation of Ilya Shapiro for tweets about potential replacements for Justice Breyer that some found offensive. In response to online outrage...

2022-01-31

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National FIRE survey: Cancel culture widely viewed as threat to democracy, freedom

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2022 – Nearly 6 in 10 Americans feel that our nation’s democracy is threatened because people are afraid to voice their opinions, according to a new survey from the Foundation for...

2022-01-31

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Motion For Preliminary Injunction Filed In My Lawsuit Challenging New York’s Racially Discriminatory Covid Therapeutic Guidelines

“I am upholding the highest ideals of Cornell University, which says it is for non-discrimination, so I hope people will support me….” As previously posted, I’m Suing To Stop New York’s Racially Discr...

2022-02-05

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Why civility should not trump free expression: Part 10 of answers to bad 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 ...

2022-01-27

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LAWSUIT: Professor suspended for redacted slurs in law school exam sues University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Chicago law professor Jason Kilborn CHICAGO, Jan. 27, 2022 — Law professor Jason Kilborn forges ahead in the battle to vindicate academic freedom rights at University of Illinoi...

2022-01-27

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University of Illinois Chicago: Investigation into Professor for Referencing Racial Slur on Law Exam

University of Illinois, Chicago Search all Cases In December 2020, Jason Kilborn, a professor of law, included in a Civil Procedure II final exam a hypothetical fact pattern involving an employment di...

2022-01-27

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Biden Waives Sanctions on Iran’s ‘Civilian’ Nuclear Program in Bid to Restore 2015 Deal

Iranian foreign minister says Biden’s nuclear waiver “is not enough” as regime rushes to build a bomb. President Joe Biden’s administration has lifted sanctions on Iran’s ‘civilian’ nuclear program in...

2022-02-05

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New wave of bills on race and sex stereotyping violate academic freedom

Protesters gather on the steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in July 2021 for the Rally to Stop Critical Race Theory in Pennsylvania Schools. As legislatures across the country begin or resume leg...

2022-01-26

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Qualified victory for free expression as Stanford oversight council reverses student government denial of funding for Pence event

Former Vice President Mike Pence has accepted an invitation by the Stanford College Republicans to speak at an event. (Evan El-Amin / Shutterstock.com) Free expression took the long way around on Stan...

2022-01-26

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Rights demand remedies: FIRE files brief urging the Supreme Court to permit damages when feds retaliate against protected speech

Alex Staroseltsev / Shutterstock.com A system of justice exists to right legal wrongs. When the Founding Fathers adopted the First Amendment, they established a system of justice under which infringin...

2022-01-26

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2016: U.S. Diplomat Warned That Hunter Biden’s Burisma Job ‘Undercut’ U.S. Corruption Fight in Ukraine

“…Ukrainians heard one message from us and then saw another set of behavior, with the family association with a known corrupt figure whose company was known for not playing by the rules in the oil/gas...

2022-02-04

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VICTORY: Collin College to pay thousands to history professor fired for tweets

MCKINNEY, Texas, Jan. 25, 2022 — Today, Lora Burnett, a former Collin College history professor fired for tweets critical of the college administration and of former Vice President Mike Pence, accepte...

2022-01-25

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Judge: University of Florida can’t enforce conflict-of-interest policy to ban faculty testimony

In a scathing opinion this morning, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against the University of Florida’s controversial conflict-of-interest policy, which UF administrators had invoked t...

2022-01-21

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Stopping the speech police: FIRE files amicus brief in challenge to Virginia Tech’s bias policy and other speech codes

Katherine Welles / Shutterstock.com Bias Response Teams (BRTs) have proliferated in recent years on college and university campuses. FIRE’s research demonstrates that, where deployed, BRTs chill stude...

2022-01-20

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Amnesty’s ‘New’ Israel Report Recycles Antisemitic Lies and Terrorist Propaganda

“Amnesty’s report manipulates and distorts international law, Israeli policy, and events on the ground.” Amnesty International has published a biased report falsely accusing Israel, the only functioni...

2022-02-01