CANCEL CULTURE VS. MCCARTHYISM: THE DATA IS IN — Cancel Culture is happening on a historic scale, Part 5

‘THE CANCELING OF THE AMERICAN MIND’ PAPERBACK HITS SHELVES TODAY!: With an entirely new epilogue and FIRE’s 2025 College Free Speech Rankings!

‘THE CANCELING OF THE AMERICAN MIND’ PAPERBACK HITS SHELVES APRIL 29, AND AVAIL FOR PRE-ORDER TODAY: “A powerful and prescient book that is more relevant than ever.” — Steven Pinker.

CHECK ME AND ADGO OUT IN ‘THE FREE INQUIRY PAPERS,’ AVAILABLE TOMORROW!: Current and former FIRE staffers contribute two chapters to this who’s who of academic freedom and campus speech commentary.

HOW STATE AI REGULATIONS THREATEN INNOVATION, FREE SPEECH, AND KNOWLEDGE CREATION: While they may be intended to prevent harm, these regulations are like punishing the library for the book a bigot read rather than punishing the bigot himself.

FIRE & CO. FILE AMICUS BRIEF AGAINST DEPORTATION OF KHALIL, ‘CANCELING’ PAPERBACK HITS SHELVES APIL 29, & MORE!: Bringing you the latest free speech news (3/23/25)

THE MISINFORMATION CRISIS IS NOT ABOUT TRUTH, IT’S ABOUT TRUST: Without free speech, academic freedom, and confidence in our experts and institutions, no amount of fact-checking will help.

WEEKEND FREE SPEECH UPDATE: Maine bars congresswoman from voting or speaking in trans athlete row, FIRE tells NIH not to pull funding based on Rankings, Victories in the 9th Circuit & TN, & more!

FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBER AS THE MAHMOUD CASE DEVELOPS: The story is still developing and it’s complicated, but there are still concrete lessons to learn here.

NO MORE ‘TRUST US, WE’RE THE ADMINISTRATORS!’: Our campus free speech rankings provide an unparalleled view into campus censorship — one that administrators love to hate.

MORE TIPS FOR BEING NON-PARTISAN IN A PARTISAN AGE: It ain’t easy, it can be exhausting, and you’re not always going to get everything right. But you have to keep trying.

“STOP CALLING ME FAT AND RANDY!” Henry VIII wanted to put the printing press genie back in the proverbial bottle, but there’s no doubt that after the initial anarchic period, history has always proven that advances in information technology are not just inevitable but ultimately positive.

INSTITUTIONAL DECAY, HENRY VIII’S BIG FAT LIBIDO, AND THE ETERNALLY RADICAL IDEA: When you add billions of eyes to the problems of the world, the result is not just noise but incredible breakthroughs.

NEIGHBORS SNITCHING ON NEIGHBORS IS A HALLMARK OF LIFE UNDER TOTALITARIAN REGIMES. That’s why it’s so concerning that these bias response hotlines have leaked out from college campuses and are quickly being adopted by state and municipal governments.

BIAS REPORTING SYSTEMS WERE A NIGHTMARE ON CAMPUS — AND NOW THEY’RE EVERYWHERE: Neighbors reporting neighbors for speech that is protected under the First Amendment is textbook totalitarianism, and it must not be tolerated.

METACOMMENTARY: WHY META’S MOVE TO COMMUNITY NOTES IS GOOD. Contrary to some media hyperventilation, there was a lot to like in Zuckerberg’s announcement on Tuesday

ESCAPING THE AI GUILT TRAP IN TEXAS: Decades of anti-discrimination overreach devastated academic freedom—now it’s targeting the future of knowledge.

NEW KOSA, SAME AS THE OLD KOSA: Why this co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind opposes the Kids Online Safety Act

WHILE I TRY TO AVOID PUBLICLY CRITICIZING OTHER NONPROFITS, I recently made an exception to that rule to raise awareness that the once-great AAUP has not only failed in its mission to defend academic freedom but, in fact, is a threat to both free speech and academic freedom.

HERE LIES THE AAUP: A once-great org that abandoned its principles in favor of partisan expediency.

HOW THE ONCE-GREAT AAUP became an actual threat to both academic freedom & free speech.

LESSON #2 ON HOW TO MAINTAIN A GENUINELY NON-PARTISAN NON-PROFIT: Make sure your staff is actually politically diverse. It may sound like a no-brainer, but very few non-profits actually do this.