For immediate release This week, the National Coalition Against Censorship sent a letter to the University of Central Oklahoma urging the University to adopt a statement affirming the value of free expression, as well as develop guidelines for the exhibition of student art, which would guarantee the viewpoint-neutral selection of artwork and establish a procedure for responding to challenges. The [...]
Dr. Chris Markwood Dean of Arts, Media, and Design University of Central Oklahoma Edmond, Oklahoma Dear Dean Markwood, We were disturbed to hear about the removal of one of your students' artwork from an exhibition. Our understanding is that Sarah Wall?aka "PIE"?displayed a number of her works as part of a curated student monochromatic show. The show was located [...]
Of all the odd "indecency" rulings that the Federal Communications Commission has issued over the years, the silencing of Sarah Jones's rap poem Your Revolution is the most deeply suggestive of the discriminatory nature of American censorship.
Governor Kathleen Sebelius Office of the Governor Topeka KS Honorable Governor Sebelius, We protest the amendment to the 2003/04 Kansas State budget that would eliminate funding for the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas, as well as for any academic unit that purchases "obscene" videos for educational purposes. The amendment is an attack on academic freedom and, [...]
UPDATED: Gov. Kathleen Sebelius vetoed the amendment that could have stripped $3.1 million from the University of Kansas' School of Social Work if materials used in one of its classes were determined to be obscene. The governor said she was vetoing the proviso because it was "an inappropriate use of legislative powers designed to impinge upon academic freedom in the [...]
Members of Congress put the brakes on the Total Information Awareness Program proposed by the Defense Department, in response to widespread protest and concern for individual rights.
Peter Arnett was fired from NBC because of statements he made in an interview on Iraqi television commenting on the strength of Iraqi resistance.
When the director of the Emma Goldman Papers Project asked permission to send a solicitation letter, officials at the University of California at Berkeley, where the project is housed, took out the red ink.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for the second time that a law prohibiting commercial websites from posting material that is "harmful to minors" is overly broad, not narrowly tailored, and impermissibly vague.
President Bush has signed an executive order which keeps secret, for another three years, millions of government documents that were due to become declassified on April 17. The new policy amends a more open policy of President Clinton.