by Corey Smith | Sep 11, 2025 | Articles, Politics
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) released its sixth annual College Free Speech Rankings on September 9 and found that support for free speech among students continues to decline. Out of 257 schools, 166 received an F for their “free speech...
by Sarah Cowgill | Jan 24, 2025 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
As pomp and circumstance unfolded in the Capitol Rotunda for President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, from the opposite coast, Gov. Gavin Newsom watched his own presidential dreams go up in smoke. Newsom now faces a much angrier electorate than his...
by Leesa K. Donner | Sep 11, 2023 | Articles, First Amendment, Good Reads, Opinion
The 2024 college free speech rankings released this week by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) reveal ten public universities as the most friendly to free speech. Conversely, nine of the ten schools with the most restrictive campus speech...
by Sarah Cowgill | Aug 22, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
It’s been two weeks since a wind-whipped firestorm in Maui took the lives of more than 100 people, with a death toll still mounting. Most remains are yet unidentified, and it is believed that 850 souls are still among the missing. As Hawaii tries to pick up the...
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Feb 3, 2022 | Articles, First Amendment, Good Reads, Opinion
Nearly six in ten Americans feel the nation’s democracy is threatened because people are afraid to voice their opinions. That’s from a new survey by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) that explored Americans’ attitudes on free speech and cancel...
