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Last Week in FIRE News
In case you missed it last Thursday night, John Stossel hosted "Free Speech ... and Its Enemies" on Stossel, his program on the Fox Business Network.
Here's a clip of Harvey from the show:
Be sure to visit the Stossel show page for more clips from the show. Here's a recap of other FIRE issues that made headlines last week:
- The New York Times: Some Students Grumble About Higher One's Debit Card Fees
- The Daily Caller: Sen. Leahy removes potential threat to due process from Violence Against Women Act
- National Association of Scholars Blog: FIRE: Sen. Leahy Pulls OCR Standards From VAWA Re-Authorization
- The Brown Daily Herald: Rosenbloom '13: A renewed commitment to individual rights
- The Badger Herald: Speaker: Speech codes give institutions power to determine right, wrong
- The Houstonian: SHSU Social media policy scrapped
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.