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…
Several U.S. schools have canceled or pressured speakers to withdraw from graduation speeches due to student complaints about their political views, including controversial remarks on the Israeli-Pale…
Former Marine Greyson Hartsell, now a student at Cape Fear Community College, faced censorship when administrators ordered his theater troupe to remove the slogan "No Kings" from a production of *The …
According to a federal lawsuit filed by his father, a Nevada student was expelled from Clark County School District for placing approximately six pro-ICE stickers at his high school. The lawsuit alleg…
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…
Larry Bushart, a retired Tennessee law enforcement officer, was awarded an $835,000 settlement after being jailed for 37 days for sharing a meme quoting Donald Trump on Facebook. The lawsuit, filed by…
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…
The Trump administration's Department of Justice issued subpoenas to The Wall Street Journal to find a leaker, and the FBI is reportedly investigating journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick for critical coverag…
A recent congressional hearing revealed bipartisan agreement that free speech is essential in higher education, though Republicans and Democrats identified different threats to it. Republicans focused…
The U.S. Senate's rush to regulate AI chatbots through bills like the GUARD Act is harmful because it imposes heavy-handed restrictions that violate First Amendment rights. It criticizes the bill's ag…
According to a New York Post article published on May 7, 2026, the UCLA School of Law is facing a free-speech crisis after student protesters disrupted a Federalist Society lecture by Department of Ho…
The Department of Justice indicted former FBI Director James Comey for a social media post using the numbers "86 47," which prosecutors interpreted as a death threat against President Trump. It argues…
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…
The Trump administration is considering new oversight for advanced AI models, including discussions of an executive order to create a government-industry working group and a process for reviewing mode…
New York's Senate Bill 7263 would prevent AI chatbots from generating responses that could be considered the unlicensed practice of professions like law or medicine, even if the chatbot does not claim…