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Get involved! Here is a list of recent incidents in your area.
art
» 8/10/04 USA Tom Forsythe Food Chain Barbie Photos » 8/10/04 USA Tom Forsythe Food Chain Barbie » 1/07/02 USA Catholic League Objects to Traditional Figurines in Art Installation » 1/02/02 USA Some Questions Raised By The Latest National Endowment for the Arts Grant Making Decisions » 3/15/99 USA NCAC and Other Natl Groups Oppose Censorship of Children's Book by the NEA
media
» 9/06/06 USA National Freedom of Speech Week » 5/09/06 USA Colbert Hoists Free Speech Flag » 5/08/06 USA World's 10 Most Censored » 5/03/06 USA World Press Freedom Day 2006 » 2/23/06 USA Violence and Fear Escalate in Wake of Cartoon Controversy » 2/17/05 USA Statement of Protest Against Dept of Ed Effort to Censor PBS » 2/01/05 USA Comments on 9-11 by Prof Ward Churchill Draw Controversy » 3/02/04 USA NCAC Protests Efforts to Expand FCC Regulations » 1/23/04 USA CBS refuses to air Moveon ad » 8/07/03 USA Decency on the Airwaves » 5/28/03 USA Bibliography-Permission to Speak » 5/15/03 USA FCC proposal to restrict news coverage » 2/01/03 USA In Celebration of Black History and 1st Amendment » 12/19/02 USA Priniciples of Established Combat-Coverage Guidelines » 12/19/02 USA Groups Urge Bush Administration to Abide by Established Combat-Coverage Guidelines » 9/16/02 USA Now They Check the Books You Read » 12/05/01 USA Scholars Ask AAP to Reconsider Media Violence Misstatements » 12/05/01 USA Letter to AAP Concerning Media Violence Statements » 3/26/01 USA Controversial Reparations Ad Draws Fire » 9/13/00 USA Testimony of Artemis Records CEO Before Senate Subcommittee » 8/07/00 USA Helmsmanship in the Arts » 7/08/98 USA Statement by NCAC on Proposed Flag Amendment » 5/08/98 USA Groups and Students Oppose Cancellation of Indigo Girls Concerts at High Schools » 5/01/98 USA NCAC Supports Foodspeak Coalition » 10/17/97 USA Pornography Law Goes too Far » 3/20/91 USA An Unknown Casualty
literature
» 1/29/08 USA Interview With Julia Alvarez » 12/10/07 USA Challenges To The Golden Compass » 4/11/07 USA In Memory of Kurt Vonnegut » 3/16/07 USA Interview With Susan Patron » 2/25/07 USA Newbery Novel Stirs Controversy » 2/25/07 USA Newberry Novel Stirs Controversy » 2/14/07 USA In Celebration of Black History and 1st Amendment » 7/25/06 USA Graphic Novels, A Guide for Librarians » 12/21/04 USA US Customs Seizes Comic Book Shipment » 12/15/04 USA Regulations on Publishing Works from US-Sanctioned Countries Modified » 3/04/04 USA Congressional Supervision of Area Studies Programs Threatens Freedoms » 7/06/03 USA All-American Soap Box Derby Censors Book on Derby History » 3/05/03 USA NCAC Counters Censorship in Our Schools and Libraries » 3/01/02 USA Teens Find Book-Not in Front of the Children-to be Educational » 10/01/01 USA Marjorie Heins Responds to Critics of Book-Not in Front of the Children » 4/01/01 USA New Book Gives Account of Govt Shutdown of Mail Order Company » 4/19/00 USA Zeeland Public Schools Restrict Harry Potter Books » 5/01/96 USA NCAC Defends Books in Trouble
science
» 3/07/08 USA Protect Science Whistleblowers » 12/13/07 USA House Committee Issues New Report On Manipulation Of Climate Change Science » 7/25/07 USA Congressional Hearings Expose Censorship of Science » 7/11/07 USA Former Surgeon Generals Speak Out » 7/09/07 USA Evidence Links Cheney & Rove to Interference with Science » 3/12/07 USA New Report Discusses Censorship Of Science » 2/08/07 USA The Global Democracy Promotion Act » 2/06/07 USA First Amendment Groups Condemn Government Censorship of Climate Science » 1/31/07 USA Hearings on Censorship of Global Warming Scientists Turn Up Heat on White House » 11/01/06 USA Senators Urge End to Climate Science Misinformation » 7/26/06 USA NASA Removes Focus on Home Planet from Mission Statement » 7/22/06 USA Interational AIDS Conference Mired by Politics » 7/20/06 USA Politics Threaten Science at FDA » 7/19/06 USA FDA Collaboration in Vioxx Smear Campaign Investigated » 7/07/06 USA EPA and CASAC fight for NAAQS Control » 5/25/06 USA Federal Aid Pledge Ruled Unconstitutional » 5/03/06 USA Representative Asks the GAO to Investigate Censorship » 4/21/06 USA FDA Continues Its Campaign of Willful Ignorance » 3/08/06 USA Scientists Ask Congress Not to Gut the Endangered Species Act » 11/30/05 USA Senator Cuts Funding based on Agency's Data » 11/24/05 USA Proposed Agency Would Be Exempt From FOIA » 10/04/05 USA NOAA Restricts Scientists Access to the Press » 6/21/05 USA The Assault on Scientific Freedom » 6/20/05 USA Former Oil Lobbyist Edited Scientific Reports on Global Warming » 2/23/05 USA Chapter on Iraq Removed from Annual CEA Report » 2/09/05 USA US Fish and Wildlife Service Exerts Political Pressure on its Scientists » 11/25/04 USA FDA Suppressed Vioxx Studies Despite Evidence of Serious Health Risks » 8/24/04 USA Pentagon Classifies Unfavorable Testimony » 5/09/04 USA FDA Overrules Advisory Panel in Plan B Rejection » 4/12/04 USA Speaking Out Against Government Restrictions On Free Flow Of Information » 3/19/04 USA Cost Projections Withheld from Congress to Ease Passage of Medicare Bill » 11/14/03 USA Missouri River Protection Report Disregarded by Army Corps of Engineers » 10/28/03 USA NIH Funding Threatened by Traditional Values Coalition Hit List » 10/28/03 USA Health and Human Services Audits Non-Profits that Disagree with the President » 9/30/03 USA Letter To School Board Protesting Textbook Changes » 8/05/03 USA NNSA Quietly Dissolves Nuclear Oversight Committee » 6/21/03 USA EPA Removes Climate Change Chapter from Report Under White House Pressure » 2/24/03 USA EPA Report Showing Health Risks Delayed by the White House » 12/27/02 USA NCI Removes Abortion-Breast Cancer Findings from Website » 12/26/02 USA Bush Appoints Religious Extremist to FDA Committee on Reproductive Health » 10/10/02 USA Bush Administration Chooses Industry-backed Nominees for Lead Poisoning Committee » 8/07/99 USA American Psychological Association Paper Criticized by Congress
internet
» 8/17/07 USA Student Creates Online Tool Unmasking Wikipedia Spin Jobs » 8/13/07 USA Michigan Blogger Comments On Senate Block » 7/15/07 USA Internet Freedom in Question » 2/14/07 USA Google News Removes Iraq Site » 12/23/06 USA Student Online Expression in 2006 » 7/27/06 USA Update- House Passes Deleting Online Predators Act » 6/23/06 USA MySpace and social networking sites » 5/15/06 USA Network Neutrality and the Fight to Save the Internet » 5/15/06 USA Deleting Online Predators Act » 3/28/06 USA US Corporations Complicit in Chinese Censorship of the Internet » 2/09/04 USA Ashcroft vs American Civil Liberties Union » 11/21/03 USA Identifying What Is Harmful Or Inappropriate For Minors » 10/30/03 USA Free Speech and Fair Use Versus Digital Copy Control » 3/05/03 USA Issues Facing Libraries in the High-Tech Era » 1/17/03 USA Dow vs Thing » 1/13/03 USA Internet Freedom in Question » 9/01/01 USA Internet Filters » 8/01/00 USA Cybersmears and Consumer Revenge Dot Com » 2/03/00 USA Coming Soon to Your Library - Culture Wars - The Sequel » 6/16/99 USA Letter to Vice President Al Gore About Internet Censorship » 12/01/97 USA Internet Online Summit Must Respect 1st Amend Law and Values
education
» 12/31/07 USA Student Expression In Schools in 2007 » 12/31/06 USA Student Expression In Schools in 2006 » 5/03/04 USA Students Rights in Public Schools Examined in New Book » 9/01/97 USA Sex-Related Censorship on the Rise
entertainment
» 5/15/07 USA XM Radio Shock Jocks Suspended » 4/12/07 USA What The Chocolate Jesus and Don Imus Have in Common » 3/01/07 USA NCAC Resources On the FCC and Indecency » 1/30/07 USA MPAA Weighs Ratings Reform » 5/25/06 USA The Great Divide- Censorship and Video Games » 5/18/06 USA Indecency Legislation Raises Fines and Fears » 11/21/03 USA American Amusement Machine vs Kendrick » 4/26/01 USA Media Marketing Accountability Act Threatens Freedoms » 10/06/99 USA NCAC Director Testifies Before Task Force on Youth Violence » 5/18/97 USA OzzFest Tour Threatened Because Marilyn Manson to Perform
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