Newsdesk Duquesne flouts academic freedom, risks massive liability in punishing professor Gary Shank for racial slur discussion FIRE calls on Duquesne University to keep the strong free speech and academic freedom promises it makes to faculty. Read more

Newsdesk So to Speak podcast: David Goldberger, lead attorney in ‘the Skokie case’ On today’s episode of So to Speak, we are joined by former ACLU attorney David Goldberger to discuss his half century of practice in First Amendment law. Read more

Newsdesk Juniata College wrongly reprimands professor for social media comment criticizing COVID response Juniata College has taken action against professor Douglas A. Stiffler, who criticized Juniata’s COVID-19 reopening plan in a comment on Facebook. Read more

Newsdesk University of Virginia reportedly latest in rash of universities silencing RAs amid coronavirus panic UVA’s student newspaper released a troubling report last week on a policy that “restricts resident staffers from speaking to the press.” Read more

Newsdesk Darpana Sheth joins FIRE as Vice President of Litigation “Throughout her career, she has demonstrated a unique ability to secure justice for victims of rights violations, often against seemingly insurmountable odds." Read more

Newsdesk Recapping Samantha Harris’s congressional testimony about new Title IX rules FIRE was honored to defend the merits of the new Title IX regulations, which cannot properly be characterized as an attack on gender-based protections. Read more

The Eternally Radical Idea The Bedrock Principle: Why Trump (and everyone) should oppose anti-flag burning laws The idea that you must not ban something simply because it is offensive is one of the most fundamental elements of free speech and First Amendment law. Read more

Newsdesk This has been FIRE’s busiest summer ever. What happened? Summer is usually the quietest time of the year at FIRE. But not this summer. Read more