FIRE’s Broadened Focus Challenges ACLU
Multiple Outlets
The Foundation of Individual Rights in Education has changed its name to the Foundation of Individual Rights and Expression, broadening its focus beyond campuses to take on a role some say the ACLU has abdicated in favor of partisan perspectives. According to FIRE, “The $75 million expansion initiative will focus on three main areas of programming: litigation, public education, and research.”
As the subhead in Politico’s coverage states, “Some backers see FIRE moving to take on fights ceded by ACLU.” Matt Taibbi hails FIRE as the “new champion of free speech.” Sarah Lawrence professor and Harvard alum Samuel Abrams (AM ‘07, PhD ‘10) speaks to the nation’s “socio-political zeitgeist” and joins the FIRE board.
Free Speech Group Will Spend Millions to Promote the First Amendment (Politico, 6/6/22)
Move over ACLU, FIRE is the New Champion of Free Speech (Matt Taibbi, 6/6/22)
Stepping into the FIRE (AEI, Professor Samuel Abrams, 6/10/22)
Related: Democrats and Republicans Have One Thing in Common: Both Suck on Free Speech (Taibbi, 6/6/22)
