Greg Lukianoff
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Students at Williams College Demand Freedom from Speech
Students at Williams College in Massachusetts are angry. According to a petition signed by hundreds of students, the faculty is urging the college to enact “reckless and dangerous policies” that will “imperil marginalized students,” and amount to “discursive violence.” What awful set of policies could Williams College faculty possibly be considering? It is a version … → Read More
How to Play Our Way to a Better Democracy
If we want saner politics, we need to start building better foundations from the playground up. → Read More
The 10 Worst Colleges For Free Speech: 2017
There isn’t a week that goes by without a campus free speech controversy reaching the headlines. That’s why it’s as important as ever that we at the Foun... → Read More
The Story Behind The New Documentary ‘Can We Take a Joke?’
It started with a comment from a comedian about playing on college campuses. → Read More
The 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2016
This past year will be remembered as the year that freedom of speech (or the lack thereof) on U.S. campuses became international news. Even President Barack Obama felt compelled to comment on the i... → Read More
5 Points on the State of Free Speech in the U.S. and Abroad
The problem is that, to a large degree, it seems that American intellectuals -- particularly those in academia -- have fallen out of love with freedom of speech. → Read More
A Dozen Things 'The New Yorker' Gets Wrong about Free Speech (And Why It Matters)
The article likens free speech advocates (like me, I assume) to "gun nuts," claims that campus speech codes have mostly been repealed (which is completely false), then bizarrely questions if people can believe in a diversity of belief. Those of us who are big fans of the concept of pluralism found the latter particularly mystifying. → Read More
Garry Trudeau Sides With Power Against Real Dissenters
When you're challenging the gods, and those who claim to speak for the gods, you are always punching up.... → Read More
10 Worst for Free Speech on Campus: 2014
College is the place where students should be encouraged to, as Yale promises, "think the unthinkable, discuss the unmentionable, and challenge the unchallengeable." Unfortunately, schools all across the country not only fall short on promi... → Read More
Free Speech, Charlie Hebdo, and the Ultimate Campus Trigger Warning (VIDEO)
Once you set the precedent that speech will be censored if it offends people who respond violently to that speech, you guarantee that more people will respond violently on a wider variety of issues. There is a reason why no one ever says "the be... → Read More
7 Things Cracked Got Wrong About Free Speech
1. Free speech and the First Amendment are not the same thing. In fact, free speech is a much bigger, older, bolder cultural idea.... → Read More
Free Speech, Twitter, and the "Collective Unconsciousness of the Species"
Last month my organization, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) and the National Constitution Center on Independence Mall in Philadelphia co-hosted a panel discussion, 'The State of Free Speech in America.' The panelists included... → Read More
'Game of Thrones' Quote Deemed Too Threatening for NJ Community College
If there's one thing I've learned as president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), it's that I will always be amazed by the absurd ways colleges try to censor students and faculty. Unfortunately, another school, Bergen Comm... → Read More
Three points you must not overlook in discussing the Brandeis/Hirsi Ali controversy
Ever since Brandeis University decided last week to revoke an honorary degree it was poised to grant to controversial women's rights activist and atheist Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Internet has blown up with discussion, with some people condemning the deci... → Read More
Virginia legislature to campuses: Down with free speech (zones)!
Q: How can a "free speech zone" on a college campus be a bad thing for free speech? A: When it's actually a backwards way of saying that more than 99% of that campus is a "censorship zone." As I've covered many times before on ... → Read More
'Just Babies': In Praise of Popular Non-Fiction
"The one year old decided to take justice into his own hands." Thus opens Paul Bloom's Just Babies: The Origins of Good and Evil, an exceedingly enjoyable distillation of the findings of decades of "baby studies"--research into th... → Read More
Disinvitation Season, Free Speech, and Unlearning Liberty
Every year around commencement time my organization, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), gets ready for what we call "disinvitation season." That is the time, usually early in the spring, when students and faculty get ... → Read More
After First Amendment Lawsuit, California College Settles with Student Stopped from Distributing Copies of Constitution
Last September 17, Modesto Junior College told student Robert Van Tuinen that he couldn't hand out copies of the Constitution on campus in honor of the Constitution Day. Last night, Modesto Junior College signed a settlement agreement with Van Tuin... → Read More
The 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2013
The 10 Worst Colleges for Free Speech: 2013 - The Huffington Post → Read More
Epic Coalition Joins Fight for the Right to Dissent on Campus in "Facebook Collage" Case
Epic Coalition Joins Fight for the Right to Dissent on Campus in "Facebook Collage" Case - The Huffington Post → Read More