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Why do so many law professors believe one thing, but teach another?
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In our recent Law Faculty Survey, we asked law professors whether they believe that judges are politically neutral or politically biased, and we asked them what they teach their students.
Professors’ personal views are liste...
Ida B. Wells: Journalist, activist, civil rights icon, and free speech hero
This year, the United States celebrates its 250th anniversary. To commemorate the occasion, FIRE is proud to present the limited series “Figures of Speech,” looking at the heroes and villains of free speech in American history. We began wit...
What does AI have to do with the First Amendment?
We’re kicking off a series of essays answering your questions about free speech and AI, with this essay establishing a bedrock reality at the center of the First Amendment’s relationship with AI: The technology is increasingly influencing t...
FIREwire — June 12, 2026
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“Plaintiffs may struggle to prove jawboning because the government has secretly communicated with the private companies it is coercing. Americans may not even know they were censored by their government.”
— Senate summary of...
Illinois’ doomed plan to tax social media
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Illinois can tax income. It can tax profits. It can tax businesses. It can even impose generally applicable taxes that happen to reach content mediums like cable or newspapers.
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But the First Amendment strictly...
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Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression A nonpartisan non-profit civil liberties group founded in 1999 with the mission of protecting freedom of speech in the United States.
Head of news at FIRE, author of the Radicalist, editor of Expression, Samizdat board member, analyst at Washington Policy Center, former logic professor, words in the Free Press, NY Mag, Foreign Policy, the Nation, New Republic, Bloomberg, WSJ.
Co-founder and co-editor of the Penn Heretic. All views expressed are my own.
Experimental social psychologist studying higher education, focusing on topics including political bias, free speech, scientific integrity, and ideological diversity.
Director of Public Advocacy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)
First Amendment Advocate at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and a founding editor of Cinemantics.
New York City-based writer, musician, and artist. Managing Editor of The Eternally Radical Idea with Greg Lukianoff. Senior Writer & Editor at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. Board Chair at Fair for All. More at AngelEduardo.com.
Author and journalist
Editor-in-chief of the Eternally Radical Idea; Vice President of Strategic Initiatives at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Strategic Campaigns Specialist at FIRE, TEDx speaker on art censorship, past work with NCAC and Don’t Delete Art
Samuel J. Abrams is professor of politics at Sarah Lawrence College and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
I love music, nature, and freedom. I live in Kentucky with my husband and three children.
Program Manager of Alumni Engagement at FIRE
VP of Comms at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Student Press Counsel for FIRE. I write about student press rights, and a smorgasbord of other stuff. Opinions are my own. Check out Square Stage, a blog about breaking out of the performance of perfect. Because life's a stage, not a cage.
Policy Analyst for FIRE's Research team. All opinions are my own.
Campus Rights Advocacy Program Officer at FIRE.
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