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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. The First Amendment, adopted December 15, 1791 It almost feels … Defending Free Speech is a Dirty Job but Someone’s Gotta Do It: Talking the First Amendment with Nico Perrino of FIRE Read More » The post Defending Free Spe...

The expansion of the Foundation of Individual Rights in Education marks the end of an era, when free speech issues were the sole province of American liberalism After years of planning, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, better...

Sophomore celebration of indie film opens the new era of in-person film festivals

ACLU free-speech icon Ira Glasser profiled in new film Nico Perrino was only 26 when he met two giants in the history of the American Civil Liberties Union: Ira Glasser, its executive director from 1978 to 2001, and Norman Siegel, the leader of the New York Civil Liberties Union from 1985 to 2000. At the time, in 2017, Perrino was a couple of years into working for FIRE, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit that defends the civil liberties of students and faculty. (Its full name is the Foundation for...