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Australian police raid Canberra bar’s artwork under new counter-extremism legislation
Plus: Canadian tribunal issues $750,000 fine for school trustee’s ‘hate speech’
 • Sarah McLaughlin
Do K-12 students have the right to walk out in protest?
A wave of student walkouts has washed over the country in the last month, with secondary school students leaving campus to protest ICE activity in…
 • Adam Goldstein
The decline of confidence in higher ed
FIRE data shows one-third of Americans have no confidence in U.S. colleges and universities
 • Nate Honeycutt
NY attorney general threatens to remove school board members over trans comments
Parents, school board members sue after Letitia James said board members could be removed for making or allowing comments at meetings that "demean…
 • theFIREorg
Bad cop
Brendan Carr’s manipulation of the FCC’s equal-time rule shows why it’s a bad idea to give federal regulators power over broadcast speech.
FIREwire — February 20, 2026
Stephen Colbert defies CBS, Australian police declare café a crime scene, and the UK’s troubling mass arrests of peaceful protesters.
 • theFIREorg
Why do students at hyper-liberal colleges seem more tolerant?
It’s not what you think.
 • Chapin Lenthall-Cleary
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