ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel hours after FCC Chair Brendan Carr suggested they could face consequences for remarks Kimmel made in the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s brazen threats to broadcasters have no place in a free society.

Punishing speech after Kirk’s assassination doesn’t protect free expression — it erodes it.

The Faculty Legal Defense Fund offers “first responder” assistance in protecting academic freedoms held by faculty at public colleges and universities.

Campus Rights Advocacy provides free assistance to students and faculty facing civil liberties violations on college and university campuses.

FIRE is launching Soapbox 2026 — our bold new conference dedicated to the power of expression, the courage of dissent, and the timeless value of speaking freely.

Join us as we break down the headlines, answer your questions, and reaffirm the principle that free speech means protecting all speech.

Cancel culture ends when we decide that people can be horrifically wrong and still entitled to the grace that enables us all to grow from our worst moments.

Over the past 5 years, it's gone up almost 80%

FIRE is opening its monthly member meeting to the public for an exclusive first look at the 2026 College Free Speech Rankings, the most comprehensive survey of its kind in the United States. Campus A...

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression's College Free Speech Rankings is a comprehensive comparison of the student free speech experience on 257 colleges and universities nationwide, incl...

A district court struck down provisions of a Florida law that required removal of books that contain certain content describing sexual conduct, holding the restrictions were overbroad and unconstituti...