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Introducing Expression, ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø's official new Substack

Free speech has a new home. ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø is now on Substack — delivering fearless commentary, analysis, and storytelling straight to your inbox. Join the conversation.

FIRE highlights artistic freedom with launch of new YouTube interview series featuring heavy metal and punk’s biggest stars

When free expression gets loud, the censors come knocking — watch ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø’s new series Fire with ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø to hear how punk and metal artists fight back.

Freelance investigative journalist Sammy Sussman to headline ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø’s student press workshop

Join us June 14 in Philly for ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø’s Free Press Workshop with investigative reporter Sammy Sussman. Apply now!

New tools for tough conversations

²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø’s civil discourse program now includes bold new tools from the Mercatus Center to help students tackle controversy. Ready to dive in? Let’s talk.

On break from the burden of self-censorship

At the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø Student Network Conference, I experienced a ‘safe space’ for free speech.

Summer & fall picks: New & forthcoming books on free speech — FAN 344

FIRE announces $75 million expansion into off-campus free speech advocacy, defense

PHILADELPHIA, June 6, 2022 — Today, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education becomes the ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø.

Recent ASU law school conference on 'Non-Governmental Restrictions on Free Speech' draws noted scholars — FAN 334

First Amendment News is a weekly blog and newsletter about free expression issues by Ronald K. L. Collins and is editorially independent from ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵAPP¹ÙÍø.

Cert. petition: Floyd Abrams takes on SEC in First Amendment challenge — FAN 333

Bobby Burchfield pledges $4.5 million to create a First Amendment chair at GW Law — FAN 332