December 8, 2023This year, AHA Foundation tended the flame of liberty with your help: AHA’s 2023 achievementsUpdated 3/27/24 Impact numbers updated to include AHA’s impact through the end of December 2023. 2023 has been […]
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, 2023Greg 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, 2023AHA’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, 2023An 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, 2023Read AHA Foundation’s 2022 Annual Report Now: 15 Years of Disruption for GoodPublished 3/30/2023 2022 marked 15 years of AHA Foundation’s impact, and it was a year full of victories […]
March 22, 2023Become a Disruptor for Good Now – A Message From AHA’s Executive Director on AHA’s $15,000 Spring Matching Gift CampaignPublished 3/23/2023 How can disruption be a positive force—and how can you become a Disruptor for Good? Read […]
February 28, 2023‘Qurangate’ and Britain’s new blasphemy rules – Brendan O’Neill in The SpectatorImagine living in a country so religiously uptight that even making a smudge on a copy of the […]
January 17, 2023Jacob Mchangama: “Privileging Blasphemy Norms Over Open Inquiry Plays Into the Hands of Religious Fundamentalists” – Reason MagazineHamline University has received considerable backlash for not renewing the employment of a scholar who showed an allegedly […]
January 13, 2023New university hosting ‘forbidden courses’ in effort to promote intellectual freedom – Campus ReformThe University of Austin in Texas is embracing controversial topics with a summer program called ” The Forbidden Courses.” The […]
January 13, 2023Image of Prophet Muhammad shown in Hamline University art class, sparking discussions on academic freedom – CBS MinnesotaA battle over free speech, academic freedom and claims of Islamophobia at Hamline University is getting national attention. […]
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 FuturePublished 1/16/2023 Rosa Zeegers has known our Founder Ayaan Hirsi Ali for over two decades. In that time, […]
December 5, 2022Elon Musk says there wasn’t a single ‘breaking point’ that made him buy Twitter, but that he feared a rise in online ‘groupthink’ – Business InsiderElon Musk said during a Twitter Space that there was no “breaking point” which made him buy the […]
November 9, 2022Free speech is under threat, says Ayaan Hirsi Ali – 20th Reichmuth & Co Lecture at the University of LucerneAIn October 2022, our founder Ayaan Hirsi Ali gave the 20th Reichmuth & Co Lecture at the University […]
November 9, 2022Ayaan Hirsi Ali Receives 2022 Frank Schirrmacher Prize—Read Her Acceptance SpeechPublished 11/9/2022 On October 31, 2022, Ayaan Hirsi Ali was awarded the 2022 Frank Schirrmacher Foundation Prize, an […]
November 2, 2022Thank goodness we have Scottish courts defending free speech – Murdo Fraser in The ScotsmanIt was Voltaire’s biographer, rather than the man himself, who came up with the phrase: “I hate what […]
October 5, 2022Free speech in universities: new data reveals student and public perceptions – King’s College London News CentreThere is strong agreement among students that their university is protecting freedom of expression and robust debate, as […]
August 18, 2022Defending the Bulwark of Liberty During the “Global Free Speech Recession”: Author Jacob Mchangama on What We Can Learn from the History of Free SpeechPublished 8/29/2022 Jacob Mchangama is a lawyer, writer, and advocate who founded the think tank Justitia to champion […]
August 17, 2022AHA Executive Director’s Further Reflections on Salman Rushdie Attack — And Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s ResponseFor our Executive Director’s initial statement, released on the day of the attack itself, see here. After the […]
August 17, 2022Founder of AHA Foundation, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Reacts to the Salman Rushdie Attack in The Washington Post and UnHerdOur founder Ayaan Hirsi Ali responded to the horrific attack on Salman Rushdie in both The Washington Post […]