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Lewis & Clark College: Two Students Guilty of 'Harassment' for Racial Jokes at Party

Lewis & Clark College Search all Cases In November 2013, two friends and football teammates at Lewis & Clark College—one African-American and one white—were accused of, among other things, “Discrimina...

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Doane University: Punishment of librarian who displayed historical blackface photos

Doane University Search all Cases In April 2019, Doane University investigated and suspended faculty librarian Melissa Gomis for curating a historical photo display, entitled “Parties of the Past,” co...

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Tufts University: Conservative Student Journal Found Guilty of Harassment

Tufts University Search all Cases In 2006, Tufts University's conservative student newspaper The Primary Source (TPS) published a satirical Christmas carol titled "O Come All Ye Black Folk," a parody ...

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Brazil Supreme Court strikes down affirmative action ban in southern state

The majority-white state of Santa Catarina enacted a January law that banned race-based affirmative action at public universities and state-funded colleges, despite precedent that such systems are con...

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Brandeis University: Professor Found Guilty of Harassment for Protected Speech

Brandeis University Search all Cases On October 30, 2007, Brandeis University declared a professor guilty of racial harassment and placed a monitor in his classes after he criticized the use of the wo...

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University of Colorado at Boulder: Professor Threatened with Harassment Investigation, Forced Retirement Over Classroom Presentation

University of Colorado, Boulder Search all Cases On November 5, 2013, sociology professor Patti Adler presented a lecture on prostitution as part of her "Deviance in U.S. Society" course. A feature of...

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West Texas A&M University

Canyon, Texas Search all Schools West Texas A&M University has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech code request form . Wes...

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2025 Was Hella Profitable For Biglaw

Equity partners had a good year.The post2025 Was Hella Profitable For Biglawappeared first onAbove the Law.

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Eastern Virginia Medical School

Norfolk, Virginia Search all Schools Eastern Virginia Medical School has not been given a speech code rating. To request speech code information about this school, please submit a speech code request ...

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Photos of FIRE Plaintiff Adam Martinez

Media: To download any of these photos of FIRE plaintiff Adam Martinez, click on the photo. Then, in the light box that opens, right-click and click “Save Image As…”. FIRE grants permission to publish...

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Zach Silver

Zach joined FIRE after several years litigating civil rights and liberties issues. While in private practice at a Washington, D.C., law firm, Zach maintained an extensive pro bono civil rights portfol...

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Homeless residents say San Diego is not complying with RV settlement

The city and the homeless residents agreed on a settlement meant to improve safe parking lots more than a year ago.

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Hannah Abbott

Hannah returns to FIRE after serving as an Arthur D. Hellman Fellow in First Amendment Litigation in the summer of 2023. Hannah’s lifelong passion for liberal democracy and civic participation inspire...

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Undergraduate Student Opportunities

FIRE’s student programs are designed to empower the next generation of First Amendment leaders. Through innovative programming, high-impact events, and hands-on internships, we cultivate top talent an...

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Bill of Rights

The Bill of Rights are the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution, ratified on December 15, 1791, and which enshrine our inalienable rights into law. On December 15, 1791, after years of rigorou...

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Changes to Virginia labor bill could gut worker rights, unions warn

Amendments proposed by Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger could delay collective bargaining and impact the makeup of a labor oversight board, among other changes.

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Courtesy photos of FIRE plaintiff Gregory Bombard

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Frequently Asked Questions

Since our founding in 1999, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has been pleased to field questions from students, faculty, alumni, administrators, reporters, supporters, and fr...

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Courtesy photos of Faraz Harsini and Daraius Dubash

Media: To download any of these photos, click on the photo. Then, in the box that opens, right-click and click “Save Image As…”. FIRE grants permission to publish any of these photos with proper...

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Oil company violated court order by restarting Santa Barbara pipeline, judge finds

Operations of the Santa Ynez pipeline system have been halted by a federal consent decree since a 2015 oil spill. Last month, the Trump administration ordered production to restart.

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