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'Newsdesk' Has a New Look!
It’s true. You’re not seeing things: FIRE’s Newsdesk just got a major makeover!
We’re still featuring the same up-to-the-minute coverage and expert analysis on campus civil liberties news, but now you’ll get more of it—top stories, video, and links to our So to Speak podcast—all in one place.
Bookmark our new URL, thefire.org/news-and-media/newsdesk, click around to get acquainted with our updated look, and then come back daily for the latest FIRE news.
Recent Articles
FIRE’s award-winning Newsdesk covers the free speech news you need to stay informed.
The FCC's show trial against CBS is a political power play
The commission’s partisan “news distortion” probe is trampling the First Amendment to pressure the press.
UPDATE: Another federal appeals court backs academic free speech for public employees
After FIRE secured a lawyer for a law professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, the school reached a resolution but later reneged on the deal. That's when the professor sued.
Feds to Columbia: ‘You want $400 million in contracts back? Do this (or else)’
The Trump administration has canceled $400 million in federal contracts with Columbia University due to ongoing Title VI investigations alleging an anti-Semitic hostile environment at the school.
A picture is worth a thousand words — unless a college district bans it
In an effort to respect Native American remains, the Los Rios Community College District of greater Sacramento has essentially banned faculty and students from displaying images of Native American human remains.