Seven out of 10 college students say that speech can be just as damaging as physical violence, according to a new survey from the Knight Foundation, a journalism and free speech nonprofit. The survey, ...

Towson University students and campus groups were among the most punished or investigated for free speech in the U.S. from 2020 through 2024, according to a report by the nonprofit Foundation for ...

The authors write "In Leroy v. Livingston Manor Central School District, No. 24-1241, 2025 WL 3029421 (2d Cir. Oct. 30, 2025), the Second Circuit for the first time applied the First Amendment ...

A recent federal appellate court decision in favor of a public high school student’s online, off-campus First Amendment speech rights reins in a school’s authority to police and punish offensive ...

A Missouri junior high student is suing her school district after receiving a 180-day suspension (Getty Images). A case filed in Cape Girardeau County could have implications for students’ rights to ...

When Gov. Greg Abbott calls for action in education, schools often respond. After conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination this month, two college students seen in viral videos who appeared ...

DC Larson, a writer, lives in Waterloo. 1969's Tinker v. Des Moines court ruling concerned three Iowa high school students who, in 1965, wore black armbands to protest the Vietnam War. School ...

In his recently released book “Terms of Respect,” Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 presents a strong defense of free speech on college campuses. He locates the roots of ...

With the start of the academic year, campuses across the nation are preparing for more protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict. As students return to campus, the underlying issues that ignited these ...

When the idea of writing a biweekly column was pitched to me, I was asked to write about Pokemon Go and other interests I enjoy outside of working for the Mirror and the West High Street Subway ...

As students, we’re often told the future is in our hands. As student journalists, we’re constantly reminded about the necessity of our emerging voices in holding truth to power. But you might also ...