December 4, 2023

“I firmly believe that fostering a culture of open discourse comes from the individual level.” AHA campus program fellow Widener Norris on fighting for free speech at college and beyond.

Published 12/4/2023 Widener Norris, our campus program fellow at the University of Georgia, is passionate about promoting free […]
August 25, 2023

Greg Lukianoff, president of FIRE, on Cancel Culture and how to stand up to it: “People of all political stripes engage in Cancel Culture because it’s frankly a lot easier to ostracize one’s opponent than to engage with the substance of his or her arguments.”

Published 9/1/2023 Greg Lukianoff is a renowned free speech champion, bestselling author, and the president of the Foundation […]
August 24, 2023

AHA’s new Development Associate Susanna McIntyre has an inspiring message for you: “Never underestimate your influence. Together, we can combat these injustices and be a beacon of hope and progress.”

Published 9/1/2023 Susanna McIntyre joined the AHA team last month as our new Development Associate. A long time […]
March 29, 2023

An Invitation From Ayaan Hirsi Ali: “Join me and my guests in a new series of dialogues on the grave threats to the foremost freedom—free speech—and how we can defend it.”

Update 10/17/2023: The Ayaan Hirsi Dialogues series concludes! Thank you to everyone who attended these inspiring and enlightening […]
March 29, 2023

Read AHA Foundation’s 2022 Annual Report Now: 15 Years of Disruption for Good

Published 3/30/2023 2022 marked 15 years of AHA Foundation’s impact, and it was a year full of victories […]
March 22, 2023

Become a Disruptor for Good Now – A Message From AHA’s Executive Director on AHA’s $15,000 Spring Matching Gift Campaign

Published 3/23/2023 How can disruption be a positive force—and how can you become a Disruptor for Good? Read […]
January 17, 2023

Jacob Mchangama: “Privileging Blasphemy Norms Over Open Inquiry Plays Into the Hands of Religious Fundamentalists” – Reason Magazine

Hamline University has received considerable backlash for not renewing the employment of a scholar who showed an allegedly […]
January 13, 2023

New university hosting ‘forbidden courses’ in effort to promote intellectual freedom – Campus Reform

The University of Austin in Texas is embracing controversial topics with a summer program called ” The Forbidden Courses.” The […]
January 11, 2023

“Freedom is not controversial, it is universal.” AHA’s New Board Chairman Rosa Zeegers on Her Life, Career, and Hopes for AHA’s Future

Published 1/16/2023 Rosa Zeegers has known our Founder Ayaan Hirsi Ali for over two decades. In that time, […]
October 5, 2022

Free speech in universities: new data reveals student and public perceptions – King’s College London News Centre

There is strong agreement among students that their university is protecting freedom of expression and robust debate, as […]
August 5, 2022

Dysfunction in the Ivy League – American Council of Trustees and Alumni

Despite enormous endowments and surging numbers of applicants, all is not well in the Ivy League. Next year, […]
July 18, 2022

Students reveal ‘forbidden lessons’ taught at anti-woke University of Austin – New York Post

The New York Post published an article discussing UATX’s (aka the University of Austin) recent summer school, at […]
July 14, 2022

The New Founders America Needs – Bari Weiss on UATX and Ayaan Hirsi Ali

There are nearly 4,000 universities in the United States. Many of them have massive endowments and histories that […]
June 27, 2022

AHA Founder Ayaan Hirsi Ali Teaches Young People About Free Speech and Critical Thinking at UATX Forbidden Courses Summer Program in Dallas, Texas

Published 7/6/2022 In June, our Founder Ayaan Hirsi Ali taught a class about free speech and critical thinking […]
April 22, 2022

Peter Boghossian on his new Reverse Q&A tour and fighting illiberalism in academia: “Abysmal. That’s the one-word description of the state of free speech on college campuses.”

Published 5/3/2022 Until last September, Peter Boghossian was an assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University. Faced […]
February 24, 2022

Free speech survey indicates shortcomings across Iowa universities – The Gazette

A quarter of students across Iowa’s public universities who responded to a free-speech survey in the fall disagreed […]
April 4, 2019

Prescriptive Racialism and Racial Exclusion – Quillette

The crowd outside the auditorium was growing larger and louder. Controversy had arisen over the “Panel on Religious […]
June 22, 2018

Can Heterodoxy Save the Academy? – Quillette

“When we decided to do a conference, we weren’t sure if we would get 25 people in the […]
May 3, 2018

Psychology and Free Speech – Inside Higher Ed

In this op-ed Wendy Williams and Stephen Ceci dive into discussion about controversial topics on college campuses that […]