Disagreement should produce more speech, not less. For every seemingly beyond-the-pale example publicized, others occur on campuses every day. It’s almost enough to make conservatives want to abandon and defund these campuses; at least, that seems to be the conclusion many are reaching.
Letter supports CEI after attorney general's subpoena over climate change communications.
For nonprofits that engage in issue advocacy on political matters, private giving prevents retaliation against speakers.
The more controversial the issue, the more important it is to protect privacy.
We Americans have long enjoyed the right to financially support our favored causes. Concomitant with the ability to donate one’s resources is the right to do so privately, without the scrutiny of government regulators.
Which American states are the most free?
We need institutions that work to advance the ideas of liberty and limited government, no matter who’s in the White House or the Statehouse.
Schools are preparing to close after a year of struggling to impart not just academics but character. In some cases, it's even tougher to teach character.
Recently, the state of Minnesota used a state statute to briefly ban online education. The state’s Office of Higher Education (OHE) informed new online education startup Coursera that the company could no longer provide services in Minnesota because they had not been approved by the state. Georgia officials working to implement SB 289, and on the Governor’s Digital Learning Task Force should note this story. The default position should be to consider the value of creative solutions, not to reflexively look for statutes and other means to stifle them.
A disturbing national trend hit home recently when the University of Georgia’s Office of Student Affairs proposed the establishment of a speech code that would prohibit “intentionally harassing speech” on campus.