News Aug 24, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: New Report: $230 Million in Federal Grants Tied to Intersectionality Could Fuel Race- and Sex- Based Discrimination
Federal Oversight, Post Secondary Education
News Aug 21, 2026
OP-ED | Colleges Train Future Teachers to Push Woke Agenda
Post Secondary Education
News Jul 9, 2026
OP-ED | Close one loophole to end the foreign takeover of higher education
Federal Oversight, Foreign Influence in Higher Education
News Jul 2, 2026
OP-ED | One-third of Americans can barely read, but they can still vote
Education Freedom, Teacher Unions
News Jul 2, 2026
OP-ED | Why I quit the ABA: It’s no longer worth it
Post Secondary Education
News Jun 30, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on Supreme Court Rulings on Women’s Sports
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Jun 17, 2026
OP-ED | The root cause: DEI won’t disappear until this is stopped
Federal Oversight, Post Secondary Education, Title VI and Equal Protection
News May 29, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Urges Treasury Department to Prioritize Education Freedom in Federal K-12 Scholarship Tax Credit Rulemaking
News May 23, 2026
OP-ED | Rated W for woke: The FCC should upgrade the TV ratings system
Federal Oversight, K-12 Education
News Mar 4, 2026
OP-ED | Democrat bill would flood every church, school, and hospital with illegal squatters
Federal Oversight, K-12 Education
News Feb 11, 2026
OP-ED | Who’s politicizing higher education?
Post Secondary Education, Title VI and Equal Protection
News Feb 2, 2026
OP-ED | It’s Illegal For Leftist Agitators To Encourage High School Walkouts. Time To Prosecute
K-12 Education, Teacher Unions
News Aug 27, 2025
Washington Examiner | Op-Ed: Supreme Court rules: Individual rights trump bureaucratic efficiency
Civil and Constitutional Rights
News Aug 18, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Hires Holly Pitt Young as Director of Development
DFI News
News Jul 1, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Celebrates the Senate’s Passage of a Scholarship Tax Credit
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
News May 1, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on Department of Education’s Action to Reform Broken Accreditation System
Federal Oversight, Post Secondary Education
News Mar 18, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI, Liberty Justice Center File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Illinois State Board of Education and Chicago Public Schools for Violating Title IX
Title IX and Equal Protection
News Feb 5, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Arlington Public Schools for Failing to Protect Women and Girls from Sexual Harassment in School-Operated Locker Rooms
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Nov 20, 2024
STATEMENT: DFI Releases Statement on Nomination of Linda McMahon as U.S. Secretary of Education
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Education Freedom, Federal Oversight, Restructuring the U.S. Department of Education
News Oct 24, 2024
BLOG | Chicago Teachers Union Bulldozes Path to $50B Contract
Teacher Unions
News Sep 4, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Releases Nationwide Map of Teacher Union Strikes
K-12 Education, Teacher Unions
News Aug 21, 2024
Fox News | Op-Ed: Chicago teachers union locks 320,000 kids out of class so they can be indoctrinated by the DNC
K-12 Education, Teacher Unions
News Dec 7, 2023
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Releases Statement on House Vote to Stop Biden’s Backdoor Student Loan Forgiveness Scheme
News Sep 26, 2023
Fox News | Op-Ed: Biden Just Invented a New Way to Rob Taxpayers for Student Debt Heist
Post Secondary Education, Student Loans