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Free-speech group FIRE blasts Catholic University for blocking antisemitism speakers

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The "Speaker's gavel" is seen in the House of Representatives at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., on Tuesday, March 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) **FILE**

Transgender-skeptical liberals fight Illinois law blocking ‘Democrat’ in group name

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Signs with a photo of Charlie Kirk are seen before Vice President JD Vance speaks at a Turning Point USA event at the Pavilion at Ole Miss at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, Miss., Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Jonathan Ernst/Pool via AP)

Poll conducted after Charlie Kirk’s death shows 90% of undergrads believe ‘words can be violence’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Columbia University professors speak in solidarity with their students' rights to protest free from arrest at the Columbia University campus in New York on Monday, April 22, 2024. U.S. colleges and universities are preparing for end-of-year commencement ceremonies with a unique challenge: providing safety for graduates while honoring the free speech rights of students involved in protests over the Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah) **FILE**

Unions fail to support conservative professors facing free-speech sanctions: Survey

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Demonstrators protest outside the Columbia University campus on the Day of Action for Higher Education, Thursday, April 17, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Free speech report gives U.S. colleges an ‘F’ as most students oppose speakers amid Trump crackdowns

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Woodburn Hall on West Virginia University downtown campus is shown April, 24, 2015, in Morgantown, W.Va. West Virginia University on Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, recommended the elimination of 9% of the majors offered on its Morgantown campus along with a wide-ranging reduction in faculty to address a $45 million budget shortfall. (AP Photo/Raymond Thompson, File)

University blasted for investigating student who distributed free copies of pro-Israel book

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Protesters rally in support of detained Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, March 14, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow) **FILE**

FIRE report finds college censorship shifting against Gaza protests

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

The sign above the door to the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging inside the main administration building on the main University of Kansas campus is seen on Friday, April 12, 2024, in Lawrence, Kan. A conservative quest to limit diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives is gaining momentum in state capitals and college governing boards, with officials in about one-third of the states now taking some sort of action against it. (AP Photo/John Hanna) **FILE**

Even liberal professors oppose DEI mandates; colleges find pledges threaten free speech

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Jeff Hunt, a conservative radio talk-show host in Denver, has threatened to sue the Colorado State Capitol after being told to remove his "Pro-Life U" Colorado Christian University sweatshirt or leave the Senate gallery during a March 2023 debate on pro-choice bills. (Photo courtesy of JeffGrounds Photography)

Radio host wants Legislature to change rules after being kicked out for wearing ‘Pro-Life U’ shirt

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

People sit on the steps of Union Square with the First Amendment written in chalk on the sidewalk. Photo credit: 26ShadesOfGreen via Shutterstock.

One-third of adults say the First Amendment ‘goes too far’

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A passer-by walks through a gate to the Harvard University campus, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University, struggling to manage the campus response to the Israel-Hamas war, announced plans Friday, Jan. 19, to create task forces to combat antisemitism and anti-Arab bias. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression rebukes Harvard with ‘lifetime censorship award’

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A protester shouts down White Nationalist Richard Spencer during a speech at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla., Oct. 19, 2017. New polling finds that America’s college campuses are seen as far friendlier to liberals than to conservatives when it comes free speech. Polling from the University of Chicago and the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that 47% of adult Americans say liberals are free to express their views on college campuses, while 20% said the same of conservatives. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara) **FILE**

Once hotbeds of free speech, college campuses growing more restrictive on controversial expression

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Former University of Kentucky swimmer Riley Gaines, second from right, stands during a rally on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, outside of the NCAA Convention in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate **FILE**

Transgender supporters shutting down free speech on campuses, advocacy group reports

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A sign reads "Free Speech is for Everyone" during a rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. The Supreme Court is hearing the case of a Christian graphic artist who objects to designing wedding websites for gay couples, that's the latest clash of religion and gay rights to land at the highest court. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

George Floyd’s death a pivotal point in ‘cancel culture,’ campus speech censure started to spike

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Old Main Hall at Hamline University is viewed Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn. Hamline University, a small, private university in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been the subject of criticism after it declined to renew the teaching position for an adjunct professor who showed depictions of the Prophet Muhammad in an art history class. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Hamline makes list of ‘10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech’ after Islamophobia uproar

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this April 27, 2017, photo, Lauren Southern wears a protective helmet as she speaks during a rally for free speech near the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, Calif. Demonstrators gathered to show support for free speech, while others condemned the views of Ann Coulter and her supporters. Coulter's speech was canceled. Since the beginning of 2016, more than two dozen campus speeches have been derailed amid controversy, according to the Foundation For Individual Rights In Education, a group that monitors free speech on campuses. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) **FILE**

More and more U.S. universities limiting students’ free expression

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times