The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) released their 2026 Free Speech Rankings, a report on speech climates on college and university campuses nationwide Sept. 9.
Tag: First Amendment
OPINION: Elon Musk’s million-dollar-a-day rewards are undemocratic
Have you heard? Kamala Harris is for they/them, Trump is for you! Slogans, ads and unending campaigns fielded by billionaire super PACs most prominent of which beingElon Musk’s America PAC, which has been running a million dollar sweepstake for registered voters who sign a petition supporting first and second amendment rights. Celster Cariker PZ ‘28 argues that the small billionaire should be prohibited from throwing their wealth around at disproportionate rates to influence the outcome of elections.
OPINION: We will not tolerate collective punishment: Suspended students speak out
In the wake of the Oct. 7, 2024 occupation of Carnegie hall, Pomona College has subjected 10 students to extrajudicial suspension for the remainder of the academic year, removing them from their community, their homes and access to basic needs. These students have banded together to articulate their experience and the continued fight against the administration’s actions.
As KKR Kills protests continue, demonstrators denounce CMC’s response
When 5C student-activists arrived at Claremont McKenna College to protest two of its trustees’ investments in controversial pipeline developments, they weren’t the first ones there. Even before the protest began at the Cube midday on Nov. 19, members of CMC’s administration and security were already waiting — including an outside contracted videographer.
New Yorker journalist explores free speech in the social media era
In the digital age, social media has called into question everything we believe about free speech. That’s according to Andrew Marantz, a journalist and staff writer for The New Yorker magazine who spoke at Scripps College’s Balch Auditorium Feb. 19. Marantz discussed social media’s role in shaping mainstream politics and