N-gated Hacker News1d ago
Iowa lawmakers are on a mission to trick students into caring about intellectual freedom by forcing them into mandatory classes, because nothing says "freedom" like #compulsion. 🎓🤔 Expect enrollment to spike with all the excitement of a DMV line! 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️
https://www.kcrg.com/2026/05/20/iowa-lawmakers-move-mandate-students-take-center-intellectual-freedom-classes-amid-low-enrollment/ #IowaLawmakers #IntellectualFreedom #Education #StudentEngagement #DMVLine #HackerNews #ngated
Iowa lawmakers move to mandate students take Center for Intellectual Freedom classes amid low enrollment

A last minute Republican legislative push could force University of Iowa college students to take classes at the newly-created Center for Intellectual Freedom. It's exactly what a report highlighted was needed to make the center successful.

KCRG
Hacker News1d ago

Iowa lawmakers to mandate students take Center for Intellectual Freedom classes

https://www.kcrg.com/2026/05/20/iowa-lawmakers-move-mandate-students-take-center-intellectual-freedom-classes-amid-low-enrollment/

#HackerNews #Iowa #Lawmakers #Education #IntellectualFreedom #StudentMandate #ClassEnrollment

Iowa lawmakers move to mandate students take Center for Intellectual Freedom classes amid low enrollment

A last minute Republican legislative push could force University of Iowa college students to take classes at the newly-created Center for Intellectual Freedom. It's exactly what a report highlighted was needed to make the center successful.

KCRG
EveryLibraryMay 12
Why do all of us agree on the issue of libraries despite disagreeing about so much else? Values like intellectual freedom, privacy rights, self-reliance, and justice for all are implicit in the mission of any public library you enter. https://action.everylibrary.org/exhausted_by_political_turmoil_turn_to_unifying_power_of_our_libraries
#Library #Libraries #FreedomToRead #1stAmendment #IntellectualFreedom #RightToPrivacy #JusticeForAll #PoliticalBurnout #UnitedWeStand
RedConcreteMay 5

It’s terrifying when those in power fear words more than weapons

#FreeSpeech #FreedomOfSpeech #FreedomToRead #BannedBooks #StopBookBans #Censorship #AntiCensorship #ReadMore #ThinkForYourself #KnowledgeIsPower #FightCensorship #IntellectualFreedom #OpenMinds #NoToCensorship #SpeakUp #HumanRights #TruthMatters #EducationForAll #BooksMatter

kctiptonApr 26
Texas Tech Issues Ban On Students Writing On LGBTQ+ Topics https://www.erininthemorning.com/p/texas-tech-issues-ban-on-students #TexasTech #lgbtq #research #writing #teaching #censorship #intellectualfreedom
Texas Tech Issues Ban On Students Writing On LGBTQ+ Topics

The ban applies to theses and dissertations, and is expected to begin going into effect on a rolling basis.

Erin In The Morning
WIST QuotationsApr 2

A quotation from Madeleine L'Engle

I am very wary of those individuals who are neither writers nor editors nor even, in some cases, readers, who feel that they have the right to apply their own moral criteria to the books in public and school libraries. I have enormous respect and admiration and love for the librarians who are rising up to protest this, because they are putting their very jobs on the line.

Madeleine L'Engle (1918-2007) American writer
Speech (1983-11-16), “Dare To Be Creative,” Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC

More about this quote: wist.info/lengle-madeleine/831…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #madeleinelengle #bookbanning #books #censorship #communitystandards #control #freedomofthought #intellectualfreedom #librarian #library #moralcode #power #suppression

L'Engle, Madeleine - Speech (1983-11-16), "Dare To Be Creative," Lecture, Library of Congress, Washington, DC | WIST Quotations

I am very wary of those individuals who are neither writers nor editors nor even, in some cases, readers, who feel that they have the right to apply their own moral criteria to the books in public and school libraries. I have enormous respect and admiration and love for the…

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WIST QuotationsMar 30

A quotation from Henry Commager

A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday Review

More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom

WIST QuotationsMar 25

A quotation from William Godwin

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.

William Godwin (1756-1836) English journalist, political philosopher, novelist
Essay (1797, rev. 1823), “Of Choice in Reading,” The Enquirer, Part 1, No. 15

More about this quote: wist.info/godwin-william/38015…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #williamgodwin #education #imagination #intellectualfreedom #learning #philosophy #teacher #teaching #thought

Godwin, William - Essay (1797, rev. 1823), "Of Choice in Reading," The Enquirer, Part 1, No. 15 | WIST Quotations

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking.

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WIST QuotationsMar 9

A quotation from Henry Commager

We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.

Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday Review

More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #fear #freeexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #freethinking #independence #inquiry #intellectualfreedom #oppression #questioning #thoughtcontrol

ALA Editions | Neal-SchumanMar 6

Now shipping! Designed as a real-world reference, the newest edition of OIF's "Intellectual Freedom Manual" offers clear, up-to-date insights on protecting intellectual freedom, fighting censorship, safeguarding privacy, and many other key IF topics. https://alastore.ala.org/ifm11

#ALA #AmericanLibraryAssociation #LIS #MLIS #libraries #librarianship #InformationScience #library #intellectualfreedom #censorship #bookbans