The Latest Breaking News from Alex Morey

How a Gaza protest at Indiana University became a battle for free speech

Police crackdowns on nonviolent campus protests have raised questions about student rights and administrators’ biases.

Al Jazeera · May 1, 2024

As pro-Palestinian protests spread, more university leaders weigh police involvement

As college administrators face growing unrest on campuses, a growing number are grappling with whether to bring in law enforcement to quell the demonstrations.

WEKU · Apr 30, 2024

"USC Canceling Valedictorian's Commencement Speech Looks Like Calculated Censorship"

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (Alex Morey) discusses the incident; I also commented on it yesterday morning on AirTalk (with Larry Mantle) on an L.A. radio station yesterday; for more about the material that the valedictorian had apparently posted online, see this Daily Mail (James Gordon) story. An…

Reason · Apr 17, 2024

The Israel-Hamas war has roiled US campuses. Students on each side say colleges aren't doing enough

America’s colleges aspire to be places where ideas meet and common ground emerges

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2023

U.S. students are clashing over the Israel-Hamas war. What can colleges do?

The conflict has heightened tensions on U.S. campuses. What is the role and responsibility of colleges right now?

WEKU · Oct 14, 2023

A Texas A&M professor was suspended for allegedly criticizing lieutenant governor

Joy Alonzo was suspended and investigated after she allegedly criticized Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at a lecture on the opioid crisis. Free speech advocates call the probe "blatantly inappropriate."

WEKU · Jul 26, 2023

UCLA Declined To Hire a Professor After Students Denounced His Mild DEI Criticism

"We are adamant that the hiring committee...not extend a job offer to Dr. Yoel Inbar," reads the petition.

Reason · Jul 3, 2023

Firing a Professor for 'Left-Wing' Views Is Unconstitutional

But Chris Rufo bragged about breaking the law anyway.

Reason · Jun 9, 2023

West Texas A&M University president cancels student drag show, saying it degrades women

Students and First Amendment lawyers say President Walter Wendler’s portrayal of drag shows is off base and the cancellation violates free-speech rights.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 21, 2023

A College Fired a Professor for Showing a Painting of Muhammad. Now, It Could Lose Its Accreditation.

"If Hamline won't listen to free speech advocates or faculty across the country, they'll have to listen to their accreditor," said FIRE attorney Alex Morey, who filed the complaint.

Reason · Jan 5, 2023