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YOUNG AMERICANS FOR LIBERTY

2024: 5 times the left tried to quell free speech
Campus leftists often attempt to shut down speech they don't like — but in 2024, conservatives defended their First…
By Natalie Eaton 
Dec 24, 2024
Young Americans for Liberty group says school threatened members with arrest for distributing flyers
A libertarian student group in San Marcos, Texas appears to have been threatened with arrest by university police f…
By Campus Reform 
Nov 19, 2024
Georgia school’s ‘free speech zone’ policy might be breaking the law, legal group finds: EXCLUSIVE
A legal group has called on a Georgia university to reverse its policy of restricting outside speakers to an inconv…
By Elad Vaida 
Mar 12, 2024
UNC Greensboro official shuts down YAL tabling at campus: EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
A UNC Greensboro school official shut down a YAL table on campus and forced those in charge to move.
By Wyatt Eichholz  '24
Mar 10, 2024
EXCLUSIVE: Liberty activists defeat pepper spray ban at UHart
West Hartford, Connecticut, where the university is located, 'has a crime rate that is higher than 90% of the state…
By Robert Schmad  '23
Dec 5, 2022
Colorado School of Mines reverses vaccine mandate following student activism
The Colorado School of Mines reversed its vaccine mandate late last month.
By Alexa Schwerha 
Nov 4, 2022
Texas school bans alumna from campus after recruiting libertarian students
Dallas Baptist University allegedly stopped Young Americans for Liberty Texas State Chair Rebekah David from tablin…
By Georgia  Lucas '23
Nov 3, 2022
Chapter succeeds in pressuring university to overturn ‘Non-Lethal Weapons Ban’
Campus Reform spoke with several members of the chapter about their efforts to bring the right to self-defense back…
By Kate Anderson 
Oct 25, 2022
A man on roller blades steals student group's giant beach ball
Campus Reform received video of a student stealing a giant beach ball which was used to advocate for the end of the…
By Alexa Schwerha 
Oct 4, 2022
'It's emblematic of academia today': Political science department displays Mao Zedong bust on campus
Campus Reform spoke with a political science lecturer who opposes the display of the communist dictator in his depa…
By Amanda Mayer  '24
Mar 7, 2022
University lifts pepper spray ban
Regent University has reversed its long-held pepper spray ban on campus following pressure from students in the sch…
By Avery Selby 
Feb 1, 2022
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Students' mask mandate protest met with locked doors, expletive-ridden emails from university employees
Students at Montana State University allege they were blocked by police officers and prevented from delivering a pe…
By Emily Schneller  '22
Oct 15, 2021
State lawmakers across US organize to promote, defend liberty
Young Americans for Liberty launched a coalition of state lawmakers to fight for pro-liberty policies.
By Ben Zeisloft  
Aug 26, 2021
Montclair disbands 'Bias Education Response Taskforce' in free speech lawsuit settlement
The Alliance Defending Freedom sued Montclair on behalf of the university's YAL chapter.
By Robert Schmad  '23
Aug 15, 2021
U Alabama in Huntsville violates 1A rights, YAL lawsuit says
Young Americans for Liberty alleges that the University of Alabama in Huntsville is actively suppressing speech on …
By Kyle Reynolds  '23
Jul 21, 2021
ADF threatens legal action after college rejects student's YAL chapter proposal
Skidmore College denied the request, claiming that YAL promotes 'hate speech' and would make 'students feel unsafe …
By Kyle Reynolds  '23
Jun 2, 2021
Student gov blocks libertarian student group, citing 'hate speech,' 'bigotry' concerns
A Skidmore College student trying to start a Young Americans for Liberty group at her school was denied after being…
By Abigail Streetman  '23
Mar 29, 2021
College pays $55k to settle lawsuit with arrested students
The students were told they could not engage in free expression on the public college's campus because the school h…
By Adam Sabes 
Jan 25, 2018
UW-Madison student gov reps slam speech by conservative prof
After claiming that Peterson's true purpose is to defend the right to "force unwanted labels and identities on whom…
By Adam Sabes 
Nov 20, 2017
Berkeley student paper: 'heckling is a form of free speech'
The editorial was written in response to a policy adopted recently by the University of Wisconsin system’s Board of…
By Adam Sabes 
Oct 12, 2017
Investigator: 'Social justice bake sale' didn't violate policy
Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) President Alexander Beck was accused of violating several university policies, bu…
By Adam Sabes 
Aug 14, 2017
Constitution-wielding student sues college over speech policies
The free speech zone, which covers just 0.003 percent of campus, is reportedly the size of approximately three park…
By Amber Athey 
Apr 3, 2017
Conservative students ARRESTED for handing out Constitutions
The Alliance Defending Freedom has now filed a federal lawsuit against KCC, accusing the school of violating both t…
By Amber Athey 
Jan 18, 2017
'Socialist' claims he has Ebola, licks conservatives at Clinton speech
Hillary Clinton spoke at a rally for Michigan Democrats running for governor and U.S. Senate.
By Kaitlyn Schallhorn 
Oct 17, 2014
Minnesota student fees fund progressive lobbying group
The Minnesota Public Interest Research Group (MPIRG) has chapters at seven universities in Minnesota.
By Maggie Lit 
Oct 17, 2014
Boise State University revises speaker policies after student pressure
Boise State imposed $465 in security fees on its Young Americans for Liberty chapter in May just 24-hours before Di…
By Maggie Lit 
Sep 17, 2014
Boise State University revises speaker policies after student pressure
Boise State imposed $465 in security fees on its Young Americans for Liberty chapter in May just 24-hours before Di…
By Maggie Lit 
Sep 17, 2014
Required Reading: University pushing purchase of 'Democracy for the Few'
Author Michael Parenti, a Yale graduate, is 'one of the nation’s leading progressive political analysts.'
By Maggie Lit 
Sep 10, 2014
Required Reading: University pushing purchase of 'Democracy for the Few'
Author Michael Parenti, a Yale graduate, is 'one of the nation’s leading progressive political analysts.'
By Maggie Lit 
Sep 10, 2014
Poster rebukes 'well-intentioned' students for dumb and offensive questions to minorities
The poster discourages phrases such as “[i]f you’re going to live in this country, learn to speak the language!”, “…
By Maggie Lit 
Aug 28, 2014
Boise State rescinds security fee imposed on gun-rights speech
Boise State University charged Young Americans for Liberty $465 to hire additional security for a speech by Dick He…
By Maggie Lit 
Jul 21, 2014
Boise State rescinds security fee imposed on gun-rights speech
Boise State University charged Young Americans for Liberty $465 to hire additional security for a speech by Dick He…
By Maggie Lit 
Jul 21, 2014
Public university sued for limiting speech to less than one percent of campus
University of Georgia limits free speech to two plazas, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
By Kaitlyn Schallhorn 
May 2, 2014
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