FIRE’s ‘Top Ten Worst Censors’, Rikki on Mike Rowe’s podcast, and more!

Bringing you the latest free speech news (2/18/2024)

Story of the week

• This week, FIRE released our “Top Ten Worst Censors” list. In alphabetical order, they are:

  • Book censors

  • California Community Colleges

  • Florida state officials

  • Hypocritical university admins

  • The Marion County Police Dept.

  • The Mayo Clinic College of Medical Science

  • Muirlands Middle School

  • New York state officials

  • San Francisco State University

  • The Texas A&M University system

For more info on this list which shall forever live in infamy, check out FIRE’s website. 

This week in ERI

• Announcing the new ‘Coddling’ documentary and some advice on fighting depression

This week in FIRE’s blog

• Whether you call it institutional ‘neutrality’ or ‘restraint,’ the Kalven Report is the best way forward by

  Angel Eduardo

• FIRE’s annual Spotlight on Speech Codes report reveals 85% of colleges restrict protected speech by Laura Beltz

• VICTORY: Columbia University Law School Student Senate grants recognition to Law Students Against Antisemitism by

  Talia Barnes

• FIRE to Supreme Court: Stop government bullies from intimidating social media platforms by Abby Smith & Bob Corn-Revere

• Cornell falls short with new expression policy and guidance on faculty political speech by Jessie Appleby

FIRE’s ‘So to Speak’ podcast

• CJ Hopkins compared modern Germany to Nazi Germany. Now he's standing trial:

‘Canceling’ update

• Rikki Schlott talks ‘Canceling’, social media, and dropping out of NYU among other topics on “The Way I Heard It” with Mike Rowe:

• Rikki and I also appeared on

  Scott Barry Kaufman
  ’s “Psychology” podcast:

 TV show of the week!

• Patriot on Amazon Prime. Don’t let the title fool or bore you. This show sucks you in and just gets better as it goes on. Sad it only got two seasons but it made those two seasons count! And I am Congressman Cool Rick’s biggest fan.