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If we allow scholars to be intimidated into silence under the threat of meritless legal action, we risk losing the critical voices that keep our government, history, and society honest.

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Texas lawmakers are censoring first and asking questions later. This doesn’t make anyone safer; it just silences essential conversations.

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Posthumous Pardon for D.M. Bennett

FIRE filed a petition on June 17 calling on President Joe Biden to posthumously pardon D.M. Bennett, one of the Comstock Act’s most prominent victims.

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