Two Universities. Two Posters. One First Amendment Problem.

Public universities don’t get to pick which political viewpoints are safe to express. But administrators at two major universities are trying to do just that.

Navigating the Kafkaesque nightmare of Columbia's Office of Institutional Equity

Columbia's Office of Institutional Equity is a nightmarishly opaque bureaucracy whose investigations can take months or even years, leaving students in fear of what they can do or say as they await the results.

University of Maryland tried to suspend the First Amendment on October 7. The Constitution doesn’t allow that.

UMD’s dictate that ‘only university-sponsored events’ would take place on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’s attack on Israel ran headlong into the First Amendment.

When shouting silences speaking: Disinvitations, shoutdowns, and civil disobedience

No matter what you call it, when students and faculty silence free expression on campus, censorship wins.

Medical College of Wisconsin backs out of hosting symposium citing concerns about controversial speakers

The move, which appears to violate students’ and faculty’s right to receive information raises viewpoint discrimination concerns.

Protestors chased down Riley Gaines after her campus speech. SFSU says it’s ‘proud’ of the event’s handling.

FIRE is seeking additional accountability from San Francisco State administrators after former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines faced substantial disruption last week.

OUTRAGEOUS: SFSU students shout down Riley Gaines and accost her after event

Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines was invited to campus by Turning Point USA to talk about gender and sports but was met by an angry crowd chanting and screaming at her to leave.

NYU grad student employee fired, investigated for writing on garbage

Free speech principles protect all manners of written expression, whether you express your views on a protest sign or a piece of trash.

Black Hills State University Director of Public Safety censored, cursed at student group recruiting on public sidewalk

‘Your words are violence!’ Cornell students shout down Ann Coulter in latest heckler’s veto to roil campuses this semester

Cornell reportedly apologized to Coulter, amid FIRE’s reminder: Great free speech policies don’t mean much if students won’t follow them.