Graham Piro

Graham is a 2018 graduate of Georgetown University with a B.A. in English and minors in journalism and government. After graduation, he worked for a year as a staff reporter at The College Fix where he covered First Amendment issues on college campuses. After the Fix, Graham moved back to Washington, D.C., to work at The Washington Free Beacon covering media, politics, and religious liberty. Originally from New York, Graham spends most of his free time running, hiking, or arguing about what the best game in baseball history is. (It's Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS.) He always welcomes any movie, book, or D.C. coffee shop recommendations.
Recent Writings
- Nassau Community College punishes students, but won’t tell them why,
- University of Hawai‘i dean sues law professor who criticized diversity event,
- James Madison psychology professor cleared of wrongdoing after extensive probe into classroom comments,
- Law professor challenges university after campus ‘shooting’ hypothetical changed in lesson plan,
- Cosmetologists can’t shoot a gun? FIRE‘blasts’ tech college for punishing student over target practice video,
- In major hit to tenure, Muhlenberg fires pro-Palestinian professor,
- After more silence from NYU, FIREfiles accreditor complaint ,
- FIRE to NYU: Last chance to fix free speech issues on campus before accreditor complaint,
- VICTORY: Bates College rescinds DEI statement requirement on job applications,
- The naked truth: University of Wisconsin’s push to fire professor over porn hobby is bad for all faculty,

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