Freedom IndexCampus & Education
Campus & Education examines how free speech and censorship debates play out in schools, universities, and academic institutions. From campus protests to classroom policies, this category explores the challenges, opportunities, and evolving standards of expression in educational environments.
In the United States, campus speakers, online expression, blockbuster movies, and printed books are all, of course, protected by the…
FIRE challenged the two statutes the administration weaponized to try and deport Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa ÖztürkDecision is the first…
FIRE challenged the two statutes the administration weaponized to try and deport Mahmoud Khalil and Rümeysa ÖztürkDecision is the first…
Meta agreed on Wednesday to pay up to $17.1 billion to settle lawsuits brought by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general…
How many times can you prosecute blasphemous speech under other laws until you effectively have a blasphemy law?This isn’t just…
**Editor’s note: This episode was recorded before Meta settled a social media addiction trial with a coalition of state attorneys…
At the height of World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower didn’t want the military’s independent newspaper to become a…
Across the country, school libraries have become a recurring front in political and cultural fights, with controversial books drawing objections…
A Nebraska school district censored a student newspaper over an anti-ICE cartoon. After FIRE objected, the district adopted a new…
A Nebraska school district censored a student newspaper over an anti-ICE cartoon. After FIRE objected, the district adopted a new…
When government officials threaten to sue and prosecute their constituents over speech, the public should get to see the evidence.Earlier…
Douglass Mackey and Don Lemon likely agree on almost nothing. Mackey is the pseudonymous pro-Trump provocateur who, as “Ricky Vaughn,” built…