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Available Today: The Winter 2016 ‘FIRE Quarterly’
It’s been a busy and exciting few months here at FIRE, with campus free speech and due process issues making headlines around the country. Now you can catch up on the most important FIRE news from the past few months all in one place.
Today’s release of the Winter 2016 F
Highlights include:
- A Message from the Executive Director
- Protests on Campus Grab National Headlines for Threats to Free Speech
- Report: Policy Restrictions on Campus Speech Rights Decline, but Federal Pressure Threatens Progress
- ‘Can We Take A Joke?’ Premieres at DOC NYC
- Oregon’s Student Government Discriminates Against Student Group Hosting Pro-Gun Rights Poker Tournament
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Click here to view the full report online.
Recent Articles
FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.
BREAKING: Supreme Court revives lawsuit of citizen journalist arrested for asking a question
The Supreme Court agreed to review Priscilla Villarreal’s case, vacated the Fifth Circuit’s 9-7 decision against her, and sent the case back to the Fifth Circuit.
Floyd Abrams, ‘Journalists need stronger protections than the Supreme Court has recognized’ — First Amendment News 443
Floyd Abrams (aka “Mr. First Amendment”) may be 88 years old, but he continues to pad his resume with ever more impressive accomplishments.
A year in campus speech controversies — What does the data reveal?
Students, faculty, and invited speakers faced retaliation nearly every single day after October 7 for expressing their political beliefs
The AAUP continues to back away from academic freedom
The American Association of University Professors gave its blessing to mandatory “diversity statements” in hiring — as long as the faculty votes for them first.