The May 2026 FIRE Monthly Member Webinar, titled "So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast Ep. 272," featured FIRE executives Nico Perrino, Alisha Glennon, Greg Lukianoff, and Will Creeley discussing pres…
Rich Thau, a veteran public opinion researcher and president of the consulting firm Engagious, has joined the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) Advisory Council. Thau is known for…
Thomas Paine, the revolutionary pamphleteer who wrote *Common Sense* and helped make American independence imaginable, died in obscurity in 1809 with only six people at his funeral. Despite his crucia…
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after the agency failed to respond to Freedom of Information Act reques…
Following the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, Clemson University fired two professors for social media posts that appeared to celebrate his death. In response, professors Mike…
Episode 272 of the "So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast," hosted by FIRE's Nico Perrino. This episode covers topics including shouting down speakers, free speech at UCLA, heckling, AI, doxxing, and c…
Senator Joseph McCarthy rose to national prominence in 1950 by exploiting Cold War fears, using unsubstantiated accusations of communist infiltration to fuel the Second Red Scare. As chairman of the S…
After the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) raised First Amendment concerns, Sussex County, New Jersey, revised its unconstitutional policy governing Newton Green, a historic publ…
According to a new poll from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), 69% of Americans trust parents to oversee children's social media use, while 73% distrust the federal governmen…