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Free Speech

For years, free speech has been a hotly debated issue on college campuses. Read our latest news, opinion and advice stories about free speech in higher education.
Protest Policies
By Emma Pettit December 12, 2025
The University of California at Berkeley says a computer-science lecturer’s fasting and his remarks to students violated university policy.
A 'Crisis Situation'
By Gavin Escott December 10, 2025
Professors and students are increasingly worried what they say in class could end up on the internet.
Stop the Presses
By Francie Diep December 2, 2025
The suspensions are the latest in cuts to programs that would seem to support minority students. Experts say the moves violate the First Amendment.
The Trump Agenda
By Ellie Davis November 25, 2025
The newest review, led by the Education Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid, will examine whether Berkeley violated the Clery Act, the federal campus-safety law.
Political Activism
By Jasper Smith November 11, 2025
Turning Point USA showed up at homecomings. Is what happened next safety or censorship?
The Review | Essay
By Adam Goldstein, Sean Stevens November 3, 2025
A recent critique of FIRE misses the mark.
The Review | Opinion
By Len Gutkin October 23, 2025
The AAUP and FIRE are at it. Again.
The Review | Essay
By Charles F. Walker October 21, 2025
The First Amendment does not forbid heckling.
Interview
By Jack Stripling October 9, 2025
Princeton’s president on what’s at stake in the fight against Trump, and why colleges get a bad rap.
Free Speech
By Ellie Davis October 2, 2025
Before the moment captured on video, Devion Canty Jr. says he faced harassment and racist provocation from others at a Kirk vigil. Texas State administrators then pressured him to withdraw, he says.