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Alumni United for Freedom of Speech

October 18, 2021

Editor's note: Below is an excerpt of an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, followed by an excerpt of a press release announcing the launching of the Alumni Free Speech Alliance.

By Stuart Taylor, Jr. and Edward Yingling, The Wall Street Journal

Readers of these pages are well aware that free speech, academic freedom and viewpoint diversity are in big trouble at U.S. universities.

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Do Campus Diversity Offices (DEI) Help Or Harm Diversity?

March 29, 2023

by Michael Poliakoff, Forbes Magazine

In the current legislative session, five state legislatures will review bills that seek to limit or abolish offices on public university campuses known by the catch-all acronym “DEI.” 

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PFS Podcast Recorded by Princeton Junior Billy Wade with Three Faculty Members

April 25, 2022

In this episode of the Princeton Tory Podcast, Billy Wade '23 discusses the state of free speech on Princeton's campus with three of the University's professors...

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An Eminent Civil Libertarian’s letter to President Eisgruber on "the Depth of my Disappointment"

April 05, 2023

Dear President Eisgruber,

You and I have never met. Nor are we likely to meet because it has been very rare that I attend my class reunions. However, I have followed your career as President of Princeton, because I read the Princeton Alumni Weekly (which is, of course, no longer published weekly)...

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Video of James Madison Program Panel Discussion on “The Fight for Free Speech at Princeton and Beyond” During 2022 Princeton Reunions

May 20, 2022

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Commentary in the Wall Street Journal by Professor Katz about His Firing 

May 24, 2022

by Joshua Katz

The university claims it fired me for a long-past offense -- for which I was already punished -- but the truth should worry everyone.

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THE PRINCETON MOB GETS ITS MAN

May 25, 2022

By Edward Yingling and Stuart Taylor, Jr.
Founders of Princetonians for Free Speech

Princeton has now fired Classics Professor Joshua Katz. Princeton President Christopher Eisgruber recommended the highly unusual step of firing a tenured professor to the Princeton Board of Trustees, which, since it is nothing but a rubber stamp, agreed.

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Commentary: The Biden Administration’s Illiberal Regulatory Attack on Campus Free Speech

August 01, 2022

By Stuart Taylor, Jr., Co-founder, Princetonians for Free Speech

Old-fashioned civil liberties champions who have not paid much attention since 2010 or so might be surprised to learn that the Obama Administration used Title IX sharply to curb free speech on campus (as well as due process for students accused of sexual harassment and assault).

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President, law school dean apologize to Judge Kyle Duncan for ‘disruption’ to his speech

March 07, 2023

Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and Stanford Law School (SLS) Dean Jenny Martinez sent a letter of apology to Judge Kyle Duncan on Saturday after his public complaint regarding the treatment he received during a speech he gave on Thursday at SLS.

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Edward Waters U Shuts Down Faculty Union

November 30, 2022

by Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed

The university cited “core values and Christian tenets.” The Supreme Court has indeed ruled that private and religious college need not recognize unions, but some colleges do recognize them anyway.

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Nobel Prize Winner Maria Ressa Fights For Press Freedom

November 25, 2022

by Emily Bobrow, The Wall Street Journal

When the Philippine investigative journalist Maria Ressa won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, the committee called her “a fearless defender of freedom of expression” who “exposed the abuse of power, use of violence and increasing authoritarianism” of Rodrigo Duterte,

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