The Chronicle of Higher Education

How Free Speech Failed at Harvard — and How to Rescue It

L ast year at Harvard, the defense of free speech was tested. And the defense of free speech failed. I was sure that the recently formed CAFH, facing its first real free-speech challenge, would rise ...
The Harvard Crimson

How to Make Speech at Harvard the Freest

Isaac R. Mansell ’26, a Crimson Editorial editor, is an Economics concentrator in Kirkland House. On the morning of Sept. 9, I woke up hoarse and anxious. The Foundation for Individual Rights and ...
New York Post

Harvard’s bogus ‘free speech’ claim — 1st Amendment doesn’t make taxpayers cough up cash

Graduates gather as they attend commencement ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 29, 2025. AFP via Getty Images Do taxpayers have a constitutional duty to bankroll ...
The Harvard Crimson

Free Speech, Punishable Conduct: As Harvard Clarifies Protest Policies, Some Lines Remain Blurred

Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers took to X on Monday to argue in a string of outraged posts that certain University-hosted events might be considered antisemitic under Harvard’s newly ...
New York Post

Harvard, Columbia rank last in free speech nonprofit’s scorecard: ‘Abysmal’

For the second year in a row, Harvard University’s “abysmal” free speech climate earned it the lowest ranking among 251 colleges and universities scored by the Foundation for Individual Rights and ...