free speech
Public Education
Kansas school board poster removal policy brings anxious protestors to meeting

(The Sentinel) – The Paola, Kansas, school board policy of removing non-instructional posters inside school property drew protests from supporters of the LGBTQ community at a recent … Read More

January 22, 2025
Politics
Kansas nurse Elaine Gebhardt celebrates free speech victory as nursing board investigation ends

(The Sentinel) – The Kansas Board of Nursing (KSBN) has declined to take action against Elaine Gebhardt, RN, ending a two-month investigation into her social media posts some had deemed… Read More

December 18, 2024
Public Education
Conservative college faculty hide political views more often, report finds

(The Center Square) – Faculty from two Pennsylvania universities participated in a survey on the state of free speech and self-censorship. The results reveal growing concerns about academic freedom.  The… Read More

December 17, 2024
Government
DOJ revamps censorship of surgeon who blew whistle on child sex changes

(The Daily Signal) – The Justice Department filed a reply Tuesday supporting its motion for a gag order against Dr. Eithan Haim, a surgeon indicted by the … Read More

December 4, 2024
Government
Trump taps Brendan Carr for communications chair, calls him ‘warrior for free speech’

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – President-elect Donald Trump named Federal Communications Commission (FCC) member Brendan Carr as the incoming head of the agency Sunday. “I am pleased to announce that… Read More

November 18, 2024
Courts
‘Stand your ground with love’: French teacher fired for rejecting personal pronouns wins lawsuit almost 6 years later

(The Daily Signal) – French teacher Peter Vlaming was fired in 2018 for shunning the use of pronouns to refer to a transgender-identifying student. On Sept. 30,… Read More

October 15, 2024
Courts
Lawsuit: California AG violating free speech right to discuss abortion pill reversal

California is trying to stop pregnancy resource centers from discussing abortion pill reversal, a new lawsuit alleges. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the… Read More

October 9, 2024
Opinion
Free speech under siege in Colorado as well as in Brazil

(The Daily Signal) – The legendary rocker Joe Walsh once sang, “The Rocky Mountain way is better than the way we had.” But in Colorado, unfortunately, the Rocky Mountain way… Read More

October 4, 2024
Opinion
End Woke Higher Education Act is a big win for First Amendment

(The Daily Signal) – Rarely does a piece of education legislation deserve a grade of A+. But the End Woke Higher Education Act, which has passed the U.S. House of… Read More

October 2, 2024
Public Education
UW-Madison ranks low in latest campus free speech rankings

(The Center Square) – The University of Wisconsin–Madison scores near the bottom in the latest campus free speech rankings. The latest report from FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression,… Read More

September 6, 2024
Courts
Another federal court rules against teen’s ‘only 2 genders’ t-shirt

(The Daily Signal) – Liam Morrison, a Massachusetts middle schooler, wanted one thing: to wear a T-shirt declaring simply, “There are only two genders.” After the Middleboro school’s principal and… Read More

July 8, 2024
Opinion
Justice Alito utterly annihilates Supreme Court’s Murthy v. Missouri abomination allowing government’s social media censorship

Meet the law firm of Dred, Roe and Murthy – arguably the worst in U.S. history. The Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision upheld the abomination of slavery. Roe v. Wade… Read More

June 27, 2024
Culture
Catholic college president condemns cancel culture after Harrison Butker’s speech

The mission of Catholic higher education, which goes back centuries, fundamentally opposes cancel culture. That’s according to President Stephen Minnis of Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas, where Chiefs kicker Harrison… Read More

June 19, 2024
Government
Bipartisan push to balance religion, free speech on Ohio campuses

(The Center Square) – A group of bipartisan lawmakers wants to balance religious freedom and free speech on college campuses throughout Ohio with a new law. The proposed plan, developed with… Read More

May 17, 2024
Courts
Appeal filed in case of Indiana high school that banned pro-life club

A student has appealed a district court’s ruling in favor of the Indiana high school that revoked her pro-life club’s recognition for a flyer thought to be too “political.” The… Read More

May 14, 2024
Culture
‘End of your comedy’: Jerry Seinfeld blames ‘extreme left’ for ruining sitcom TV

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Comedian Jerry Seinfeld blamed the “extreme Left” and political correctness (PC) “crap” for ruining comedy television shows during an interview with The New Yorker published… Read More

April 29, 2024
Culture
BBC forced to issue apology to J.K. Rowling after famous author’s comments on free speech

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The BBC apologized to “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling after incorrectly suggesting her comments on transgenderism could be a criminal offense. On April 2, the… Read More

April 25, 2024
Opinion
Could crackdown on free speech in Brazil be U.S.’s future? Is Elon Musk our Tiananmen Square ‘Tank Man’?

Brazil is “on the brink” of shutting down free speech online – but may only be further down the same path President Biden is blazing in the U.S. Leading free… Read More

April 9, 2024
Culture
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk’s appearance at KU Wednesday to test campus security, students’ beliefs

Traditional American values of free speech, free markets and limited government are a surprisingly tough sell today – as evidenced by the need for, and the experience of, Turning Point… Read More

April 3, 2024
Opinion
Kobach: Here’s what universities should do to students and staff who try to silence free speech

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – There was a time when college campuses were bastions of free speech and open discourse. Unfortunately, on many campuses that golden age is long gone. Read More

April 2, 2024