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476<article class="card-grid" data-animation="custom" data-bg-color-top="white" data-bg-color-btm="white" data-collapsible-vspace="true" data-hash-lines="none" data-desktop-layout="large-four-up">
477  <div class="inner">
478    <header class="intro">
479                    <h2
480          class="title"
481          data-animation-duration="300"
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485          
486        Figures of Speech
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491                    <div
492          class="description"
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498            
499        <p>As America marks 250 years of independence, FIRE looks back at the moments that tested the freedoms at the heart of the American experiment.</p><p><a class="arrow-link" href="/research-learn/figures-speech-heroes-and-villains-free-speech-american-history" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="f1c4697c-1c07-4d12-bad2-e8c65602e5a8" data-entity-substitution="canonical"><span class="inner-text">Explore the heroes and villains of free speech in American history</span></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p>
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502        </div>
503          </header>
504
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512            <picture loading="lazy" width="334" height="250" class="media">
513                  <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2026/06/woodrow%201.png.webp?h=1ed1faf6&amp;itok=Vcm3f3-u 1x" media="(min-width: 500px) and (max-width: 1200px)" type="image/webp" width="334" height="250"/>
514              <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/534x400/public/2026/06/woodrow%201.png.webp?h=1ed1faf6&amp;itok=BWnjh4Sl 1x" media="(min-width: 1200px), (max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" width="534" height="400"/>
515                    <img loading="lazy" width="334" height="250" src="/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2026/06/woodrow%201.png.webp?h=1ed1faf6&amp;itok=Vcm3f3-u" alt="Collage showing Woodrow Wilson in front of newspaper headlines about censorship under his administration.">
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529            <header>
530                            <h4 class="title">
531              <a href="/news/woodrow-wilson-americas-worst-president-free-speech" class="js-link-event-link">                Woodrow Wilson: America’s worst president for free speech
532              </a>              </h4>
533
534                                            <div class="date-text">
535        <time datetime="2026-06-10T16:01:26Z">June 10, 2026</time>
536
537  </div>
538              
539                                            <h5 class="eyebrow">
540        History
541  </h5>
542                          </header>
543
544                                      <div class="description">
545                <div class="inner wysiwyg-content">
546                  Before he championed democracy abroad, Woodrow Wilson built America&#039;s first modern censorship regime, jailing dissenters and crushing opposition in the name of war.
547                </div>
548              </div>
549            
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551        </article>
552                      <article
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558            <picture loading="lazy" width="334" height="250" class="media">
559                  <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2026/06/Figures%20of%20Speech%20Ida%20B%20Wells%20collage%202.png.webp?h=9b9511d3&amp;itok=0NofV6nK 1x" media="(min-width: 500px) and (max-width: 1200px)" type="image/webp" width="334" height="250"/>
560              <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/534x400/public/2026/06/Figures%20of%20Speech%20Ida%20B%20Wells%20collage%202.png.webp?h=9b9511d3&amp;itok=dxq1Kt8a 1x" media="(min-width: 1200px), (max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" width="534" height="400"/>
561                    <img loading="lazy" width="334" height="250" src="/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2026/06/Figures%20of%20Speech%20Ida%20B%20Wells%20collage%202.png.webp?h=9b9511d3&amp;itok=0NofV6nK" alt="Collage showing a black and white photo of Ida B. Wells next to a shotgun and s
561ome of her publications.">
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576                            <h4 class="title">
577              <a href="/news/ida-b-wells-journalist-activist-civil-rights-icon-and-free-speech-hero" class="js-link-event-link">                Ida B. Wells: Journalist, activist, civil rights icon, and free speech hero
578              </a>              </h4>
579
580                                            <div class="date-text">
581        <time datetime="2026-06-17T12:19:03Z">June 17, 2026</time>
582
583  </div>
584              
585                                            <h5 class="eyebrow">
586        History
587  </h5>
588                          </header>
589
590                                      <div class="description">
591                <div class="inner wysiwyg-content">
592                  In 1892, a mob destroyed a Memphis newspaper after it published an anti lynching editorial. Through death threats and violence, they tried to erase journalist Ida B. Wells’s message. Instead, they made her fight impossible to ignore.
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597        </article>
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605                  <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2026/05/Paine.png.webp?h=e953b4e3&amp;itok=CxrOek0W 1x" media="(min-width: 500px) and (max-width: 1200px)" type="image/webp" width="334" height="250"/>
606              <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/534x400/public/2026/05/Paine.png.webp?h=e953b4e3&amp;itok=yjNT4_i6 1x" media="(min-width: 1200px), (max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" width="534" height="400"/>
607                    <img loading="lazy" width="334" height="250" src="/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2026/05/Paine.png.webp?h=e953b4e3&amp;itok=CxrOek0W" alt="Thomas Paine">
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621            <header>
622                            <h4 class="title">
623              <a href="/news/thomas-paine-american-historys-winter-soldier" class="js-link-event-link">                Thomas Paine: American history’s winter soldier
624              </a>              </h4>
625
626                                            <div class="date-text">
627        <time datetime="2026-05-20T13:43:05Z">May 20, 2026</time>
628
629  </div>
630              
631                                            <h5 class="eyebrow">
632        History
633  </h5>
634                          </header>
635
636                                      <div class="description">
637                <div class="inner wysiwyg-content">
638                  Two hundred fifty years after &quot;Common Sense,&quot; Thomas Paine’s life reminds us that free speech and free thought are the lifeblood of a free society.
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651                  <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2026/05/comstock%202.png.webp?h=59436f25&amp;itok=hS_T6bOO 1x" media="(min-width: 500px) and (max-width: 1200px)" type="image/webp" width="334" height="250"/>
652              <source srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/534x400/public/2026/05/comstock%202.png.webp?h=59436f25&amp;itok=PhljGgef 1x" media="(min-width: 1200px), (max-width: 500px)" type="image/webp" width="534" height="400"/>
653                    <img loading="lazy" width="334" height="250" src="/sites/default/files/styles/334x250/public/2026/05/comstock%202.png.webp?h=59436f25&amp;itok=hS_T6bOO" alt="Comstock">
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667            <header>
668                            <h4 class="title">
669              <a href="/news/how-anthony-comstock-became-americas-most-powerful-censor" class="js-link-event-link">                How Anthony Comstock became America’s most powerful censor
670              </a>              </h4>
671
672                                            <div class="date-text">
673        <time datetime="2026-05-27T12:24:49Z">May 27, 2026</time>
674
675  </div>
676              
677                                            <h5 class="eyebrow">
678        History
679  </h5>
680                          </header>
681
682                                      <div class="description">
683                <div class="inner wysiwyg-content">
684                  Anthony Comstock turned Victorian panic into federal censorship, criminalizing “obsceneâ€
684 speech and policing American morality. This is his story.
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686              </div>
687            
688                                  </div>
689        </article>
690                  </div>
691  </div>
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694</article>
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698    
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701<article class="college-rankings-list" data-bg-color-top="white" data-bg-color-btm="white" data-collapsible-vspace="true">
702  <div class="inner">
703    <header class="intro">
704            <h2 class="title" data-animation-duration="300" data-animation="fadeInUp" data-animation-delay="500">
705        
706        2027 College Free Speech Rankings
707  
708      </h2>
709
710                    <h3 class="eyebrow" data-animation-duration="300" data-animation="fadeInUp" data-animation-delay="300">
711          
712        SURVEY
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714        </h3>
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716                    <div class="description" data-animation-duration="300" data-animation="fadeInUp" data-animation-delay="700">
717          <div class="inner wysiwyg-content">
718            
719        <p>The largest report of its kind, the rankings draw from nearly 63,000 student respondents from 261 colleges and universities and are designed to help parents and prospective students choose the right school.</p><p><a class="btn" href="https://rankings.fire.org/" target="_blank"><span class="inner-text">Find a School</span></a></p>
720  
721          </div>
722        </div>
723          </header>
724
725    <table data-animation-duration="300" data-animation="fadeInUp" data-animation-delay="700">
726      <thead>
727        <tr>
728                      <th data-key="rank">Rank</th>
729                      <th data-key="school">School</th>
730                      <th data-key="overall">Overall</th>
731                      <th data-key="speech_code">Speech Code</th>
732                  </tr>
733      </thead>
734      <tbody>
735                  <tr>
736                          <td data-th="Rank" data-key="rank">
737                                                                      <span>
738        1
739  </span>
740                              </td>
741                          <td data-th="School" data-key="school">
742                                  <span class="subvalues">
743                                                                  <span data-key="name" class="subvalue">
744                          <a href="/colleges/university-chicago">                          University of Chicago
745                          </a>                        </span>
746                                                                                                                                  <span data-key="type" class="subvalue">
747                                                    
748        Private
749  
750                                                  </span>
751                                                            </span>
752                              </td>
753                          <td data-th="Overall" data-key="overall">
754                                                                        81.42/100
755                                                </td>
756                          <td data-th="Speech Code" data-key="speech_code">
757                                  
758        <span class="speech-code" data-color="green"><span class="label">Green</span></span>
759  
760                              </td>
761                      </tr>
762                  <tr>
763                          <td data-th="Rank" data-key="rank">
764                                                                      <span>
765        2
766  </span>
767                              </td>
768                          <td data-th="School" data-key="school">
769                                  <span class="subvalues">
770                                                                  <span data-key="name" class="subvalue">
771                          <a href="/colleges/claremont-mckenna-college">                          Claremont McKenna College
772                          </a>                        </span>
773                                                                                                                                  <span data-key="type" class="subvalue">
774                                                    
775        Private
776  
777                                                  </span>
778                                                            </span>
779                              </td>
780                          <td data-th="Overall" data-key="overall">
781                                                                        80.13/100
782                                                </td>
783                          <td data-th="Speech Code" data-key="speech_code">
784                                  
785        <span class="speech-code" data-color="green"><span class="label">Green</span></span>
786  
787                              </td>
788                      </tr>
789                  <tr>
790                          <td data-th="Rank" data-key="rank">
791                                                                      <span>
792        3
793  </span>
794                              </td>
795                          <td data-th="School" data-key="school">
796                                  <span class="subvalues">
797                                                                  <span data-key="name" class="subvalue">
798                          <a href="/colleges/georgia-institute-technology">                          Georgia Institute of Technology
799                          </a>                        </span>
800                                                                                                                                  <span data-key="type" class="subvalue">
801                                                    
802        Public
803  
804                                                  </span>
805                                                            </span>
806                              </td>
807                          <td data-th="Overall" data-key="overall">
808                                                                        78.98/100
809                                                </td>
810                          <td data-th="Speech Code" data-key="speech_code">
811                                  
812        <span class="speech-code" data-color="green"><span class="label">Green</span></span>
813  
814                              </td>
815                      </tr>
816                  <tr>
817                          <td data-th="Rank" data-key="rank">
818                                                                      <span>
819        4
820  </span>
821                              </td>
822                          <td data-th="School" data-key="school">
823                                  <span class="subvalues">
824                                                                  <span data-key="name" class="subvalue">
825                          <a href="/colleges/michigan-technological-university">                          Michigan Technological University
826                          </a>                        </span>
827                                                                                                                                  <span data-key="type" class="subvalue">
828                                                    
829        Public
830  
831                                                  </span>
832                                                            </span>
833                              </td>
834                          <td data-th="Overall" data-key="overall">
835                                                                        78.72/100
836                                                </td>
837                          <td data-th="Speech Code" data-key="speech_code">
838                                  
839        <span class="speech-code" data-color="green"><span class="label">Green</span></span>
840  
841                              </td>
842                      </tr>
843                  <tr>
844                          <td data-th="Rank" data-key="rank">
845                                                                      <span>
846        5
847  </span>
848                              </td>
849                          <td data-th="School" data-key="school">
850                                  <span class="subvalues">
851                                                                  <span data-key="name" class="subvalue">
852                          <a href="/colleges/vanderbilt-university">                          Vanderbilt University
853                          </a>                        </span>
854                                                                                                                                  <span data-key="type" class="subvalue">
855                                                    
856        Private
857  
858                                                  </span>
859                                                            </span>
860                              </td>
861                          <td data-th="Overall" data-key="overall">
862                                                                        77.09/100
863                                                </td>
864                          <td data-th="Speech Code" data-key="speech_code">
865                                  
866        <span class="speech-code" data-color="green"><span class="label">Green</span></span>
867  
868                              </td>
869                      </tr>
870                  <tr>
871                          <td data-th="Rank" data-key="rank">
872                                                                      <span>
873        6
874  </span>
875                              </td>
876                          <td data-th="School" data-key="school">
877                                  <span class="subvalues">
878                                                                  <span data-key="name" class="subvalue">
879                          <a href="/colleges/dartmouth-college">                          Dartmouth College
880                          </a>                        </span>
881                                                                                                                                  <span data-key="type" class="subvalue">
882                                                    
883        Private
884  
885                                                  </span>
886                                                            </span>
887                              </td>
888                          <td data-th="Overall" data-key="overall">
889                                                                        76.96/100
890                                                </td>
891                          <td data-th="Speech Code" data-key="speech_code">
892                                  
893        <span class="speech-code" data-color="green"><span class="label">Green</span></span>
894  
895                              </td>
896                      </tr>
897                  <tr>
898                          <td data-th="Rank" data-key="rank">
899                                                                      <span>
900        7
901  </span>
902                              </td>
903                          <td data-th="School" data-key="school">
904                                  <span class="subvalues">
905                                                                  <span data-key="name" class="subvalue">
906                          <a href="/colleges/purdue-university">                          Purdue University
907                          </a>                        </span>
908                                                                                                                                  <span data-key="type" class="subvalue">
909                                                    
910        Public
911  
912                                                  </span>
913                                                            </span>
914                              </td>
915                          <td data-th="Overall" data-key="overall">
916                                                                        76.90/100
917                                                </td>
918                          <td data-th="Speech Code" data-key="speech_code">
919                                  
920        <span class="speech-code" data-color="green"><span class="label">Green</span></span>
921  
922                              </td>
923                      </tr>
924                  <tr>
925                          <td data-th="Rank" data-key="rank">
926                                                                      <span>
927        8
928  </span>
929                              </td>
930                          <td data-th="School" data-key="school">
931                                  <span class="subvalues">
932                                                                  <span data-key="name" class="subvalue">
933                          <a href="/colleges/appalachian-state-university">                          Appalachian State University
934                          </a>                        </span>
935                                                                                                                                  <span data-key="type" class="subvalue">
936                                                    
937        Public
938  
939                                                  </span>
940                                                            </span>
941                              </td>
942                          <td data-th="Overall" data-key="overall">
943                                                                        76.40/100
944                                                </td>
945                          <td data-th="Speech Code" data-key="speech_code">
946                                  
947        <span class="speech-code" data-color="green"><span class="label">Green</span></span>
948  
949                              </td>
950                      </tr>
951                  <tr>
952                          <td data-th="Rank" data-key="rank">
953                                                                      <span>
954        9
955  </span>
956                              </td>
957                          <td data-th="School" data-key="school">
958                                  <span class="subvalues">
959                                                                  <span data-key="name" class="subvalue">
960                          <a href="/colleges/university-virginia">                          University of Virginia
961                          </a>                        </span>
962                                                                                                                                  <span data-key="type" class="subvalue">
963                                                    
964        Public
965  
966                                                  </span>
967                                                            </span>
968                              </td>
969                          <td data-th="Overall" data-key="overall">
970                                                                        75.98/100
971                                                </td>
972                          <td data-th="Speech Code" data-key="speech_code">
973                                  
974        <span class="speech-code" data-color="green"><span class="label">Green</span></span>
975  
976                              </td>
977                      </tr>
978                  <tr>
979                          <td data-th="Rank" data-key="rank">
980                                                                      <span>
981        10
982  </span>
983                              </td>
984                          <td data-th="School" data-key="school">
985                                  <span class="subvalues">
986                                                                  <span data-key="name" class="subvalue">
987                          <a href="/colleges/george-mason-university">                          George Mason University
988                          </a>                        </span>
989                                                                                                                                  <span data-key="type" class="subvalue">
990                                                    
991        Public
992  
993                                                  </span>
994                                                            </span>
995                              </td>
996                          <td data-th="Overall" data-key="overall">
997                                                                        75.97/100
998                                                </td>
999                          <td data-th="Speech Code" data-key="speech_code">
1000                                  
1001        <span class="speech-code" data-color="green"><span class="label">Green</span></span>
1002  
1003                              </td>
1004                      </tr>
1005              </tbody>
1006    </table>
1007  </div>
1008</article>
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1051        National Speech Index
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1057        Survey Results
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1065        <p dir="ltr">They may not agree on much, but Americans who identify as “very liberal” or “very conservative” have strikingly similar attitudes toward free speech, according to a&nbsp;new survey by FIRE.</p><p dir="ltr"><a class="arrow-link" href="/news/free-speech-study-finds-surprising-similarities-between-very-liberal-and-very-conservative" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="05940537-40e6-426f-924e-f616e5c924d4" data-entity-substitution="canonical"><span class="inner-text">Read the Press Release</span></a></p>
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1110        <p>WATCH VIDEO: In the final installment of a two-part episode of 1AX, FIRE follows Trump&#039;s escalating use of government power against protected speech since January 2025.</p>
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1156        Watch Part 2 of &#039;Free Speech in Donald Trump&#039;s America&#039;
1157  
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1162        FIRE Documentary
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1170        <p>President Trump came back to office in 2025 promising to stop government censorship. But the first 18 months of the second Trump administration have resulted in more high-profile government censorship, not less. What started as a dramatic clash over press freedom has expanded into a nationwide censorship campaign, from college campuses to the streets of Minneapolis.</p>
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1199        Robby Soave on Trump&#039;s press ban, Macklemore, and free speech culture wars
1200  </a></h2><h3 class="eyebrow"><span class="series">So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast</span><span class="episode">Ep. 283</span></h3><div class="date-text"><time datetime="2026-09-22T16:47:00Z">September 22, 2026</time></div></header><div class="description" data-animation-duration="300" data-animation="fadeInUp" data-animation-delay="700"><div class="inner wysiwyg-content">
1201        The free speech culture wars look different than they
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1238        <p>FIRE defends and promotes the individual rights of all Americans in our courtrooms, on our campuses, and in our culture.</p><p><a class="arrow-link" href="/defending-your-rights" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="17f2af70-dedc-4d96-9af9-48c5d0846bc1" data-entity-substitution="canonical"><span class="inner-text">WHAT WE DEFEND</span></a></p>
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1270              <a href="/defending-your-rights/free-speech" class="js-link-event-link">                Free Speech
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1273                            
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1275
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1279        <p>Freedom of speech is a human right and a fundamental American freedom.</p>
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1316
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1320        <p>College faculty must be free to ask tough questions and facilitate learning without the threat of institutional censorship.</p>
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1352              <a href="/defending-your-rights/due-process" class="js-link-event-link">                Due Process
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1357
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1360                  
1361        <p>Due process demands that authorities provide fair, unbiased, and equitable procedures when determining a person’s guilt or innocence.&nbsp;</p>
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1393              <a href="/defending-your-rights/press-freedom" class="js-link-event-link">                Press Freedom
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1398
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1402        <p>Freedom of the press protects the ability of journalists and news media to publish information free from official censorship.&nbsp;</p>
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1443        <p>Freedom of assembly is the right of individuals to come together to express shared ideas, and is guaranteed by the First Amendment.</p>
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1473            <header>
1474                            <h4 class="title">
1475              <a href="/defending-your-rights/religious-liberty" class="js-link-event-link">                Religious Liberty
1476              </a>              </h4>
1477
1478                            
1479                                        </header>
1480
1481                                      <div class="description">
1482                <div class="inner wysiwyg-content">
1483                  
1484        <p>Religious liberty is the right to follow the faith of your choice — or to follow no faith at all.</p>
1485  
1486                </div>
1487              </div>
1488            
1489                                  </div>
1490        </article>
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1540        <p>If you face retaliation over protected speech, or if you are a college student or faculty member whose First Amendment rights may have been violated on campus, reach out to FIRE to learn more about how we can protect your rights.</p>
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1569          
1570        Defending Your Rights
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1572        </h2>
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1574            
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1582            
1583        <p>FIRE defends and sustains the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought — the essential qualities of liberty — and carries out this mission through several core services.</p>
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1617
1618                            
1619                                            <h5 class="eyebrow">Helping You</h5>
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1621
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1624                  
1625        <p>FIRE’s signature, core defense program provides free, non-legal assistance to individuals whose fundamental civil liberties are violated.</p>
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1657              <a href="/defending-your-rights/legal-support" class="js-link-event-link">                Legal Support
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1659
1660                            
1661                                            <h5 class="eyebrow">In the Courts</h5>
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1663
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1666                  
1667        <p>FIRE strategically litigates in courts nationwide to vindicate the First Amendment and due process rights of everyday Americans.</p>
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1697            <header>
1698                            <h4 class="title">
1699              <a href="/defending-your-rights/reforming-college-policies" class="js-link-event-link">                Reforming College Policies
1700              </a>              </h4>
1701
1702                            
1703                                            <h5 class="eyebrow">Fixing Higher Ed</h5>
1704                          </header>
1705
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1709        <p>FIRE’s College Policy Reform team works to proactively and systematically challenge campus policies that violate the free speech rights of students and faculty.</p>
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1740                            <h4 class="title">
1741              <a href="/defending-your-rights/legislative-policy-reform" class="js-link-event-link">                Legislative Policy Reform
1742              </a>              </h4>
1743
1744                            
1745                                            <h5 class="eyebrow">Changing Laws</h5>
1746                          </header>
1747
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1749                <div class="inner wysiwyg-content">
1750                  
1751        <p>FIRE defends your individual rights at the state and federal level by advocating for rights-protective legislation and against bills that would abridge those rights.</p>
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