Betar US
Betar US includes doxxing, “vigilante-type action,” and extreme rhetoric in its toolbox.
2025 Civil Rights Report: Unconstitutional Crackdowns
CAIR received 8,658 complaints nationwide in 2024, marking the highest number of complaints CAIR has ever recorded in its organizational history.
Stanford University
Stanford University has reportedly targeted students and faculty advocating for Palestinian human rights, suppressing speech and punishing activism under the guise of policy enforcement. The administration has reportedly arrested protesters, suspended faculty, and dismantled peaceful demonstrations, leading the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) to rank Stanford among the worst colleges for free speech. […]
Indiana University (IU)
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) designated Indiana University (IU) as a ‘hostile campus’ due to its repeated and systematic suppression of students, faculty, and staff advocating for Palestinian human rights. IU’s administration, under President Pamela Whitten and Provost Rahul Shrivastav, has taken severe disciplinary actions, enacted restrictive policies, and even called in militarized police forces to […]
Harvard University
The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, designated Harvard University as a hostile campus due to its targeting of Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish, and other students, faculty, and staff who oppose the occupation, apartheid, and genocide in Gaza. Despite its stated commitment to free speech, Harvard reportedly adopted […]
Columbia University
Total Points: 2%
Rating: ‘Hostile Campus’
University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin)
The culture at UT Austin reflects apparent discrimination based on religion, race, and ethnicity by actively suppressing the free speech of Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish, and other students, staff, and faculty who oppose occupation and apartheid, making them feel marginalized. In 2022, the university interfered in student democratic processes, declaring student support for Palestinian humanity […]
New York University (NYU)
NYU administrators interfered with the freedom to protest when they called the police to arrest both faculty and students during a peaceful protest and prayer gathering on campus. In the aftermath, student protestors were subjected to a controversial requirement to write reflection papers, which critics argued undermined their intellectual freedom. Adding to the tension, NYU revised its student […]
Northwestern University
Northwestern University claims to be “committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive campus for all community members, including students, faculty, staff, and alumni.” Yet, Northwestern faculty and community members who have spoken in support of Palestine have had their personal information leaked, encountered online threats, and suffered various forms of harassment. According to the 2025 Free Speech College Rankings, […]
Pomona College
According to Pomona College’s Speech Code, “Pomona College believes that free speech is critical to Pomona College’s mission as an educational institution, and therefore, the norm is that speech and other forms of expression are protected.” However, recent events on campus paint a starkly different picture, particularly for Palestinian, Muslim, Arab, Jewish, and other students […]