Monthly Archives: May 2017

Legislating Education

By |2017-05-25T16:42:36-04:00May 25th, 2017|Censorship News Articles|

This article originally appeared in Censorship News Issue 126 Using spurious First Amendment arguments, state legislators around the country are attacking science education, particularly the teaching of evolution and climate change. Supporters of SB 55 in South Dakota claimed the bill was necessary to protect the academic freedom and free speech rights of teachers. NCAC explained that while teachers have [...]

Weaponized Protest

By |2017-05-25T16:42:28-04:00May 25th, 2017|Censorship News Articles|

This article originally apeared in Censorship News Issue 126 It was the “winter of our discontent,” to judge by the number and intensity of protests around the country. Most of these protests, like the Women’s March and the March for Life, displayed the strengths of our constitutional system. But not all. Some protesters and public officials apparently don’t know or [...]

Short Takes

By |2017-05-25T16:42:13-04:00May 25th, 2017|Censorship News Articles|

This article originally appeared in Censorship News 126 Islamophobia and censorship In Tennessee, the leader of a Facebook group, Sullivan County Parents Against Islam Indoctrination, filed an official complaint seeking the removal of a Pearson textbook, My World History. She claims it promotes Islamic indoctrination and violates her daughter’s religious beliefs. NCAC explained the difference between religious education and indoctrination [...]

In the Supreme Court

By |2017-05-25T16:40:22-04:00May 25th, 2017|Censorship News Articles|

This article originally appeared in Censorship News Issue 126 “Disparaging” trademarks The controversy behind Lee v. Tam began in 2011 when musician Simon Tam, an Asian-American, attempted to trademark his band’s name, The Slants. The Patent and Trademark Office rejected the trademark based on a provision of the 1946 Lanham Act that prohibits trademarks that “may disparage” people, institutions, beliefs, [...]

New Pressures on Press Freedom

By |2017-05-25T16:33:41-04:00May 25th, 2017|Censorship News Articles|

This story originally appeared in Censorship News 126 As a candidate for president, Donald Trump made headlines for his scathing attacks on the press. They were not limited to labeling the media as dishonest, referring to unfavorable coverage as “fake news,” and threatening to change libel laws to make it easier to sue news organizations. Mr. Trump’s media hostility went [...]

NCAC Criticizes NC High School’s Decision to Cancel Student Yearbook Featuring Donald Trump Quote

By |2017-05-18T16:18:20-04:00May 15th, 2017|Press Releases|

A public school, the letter argues, has a responsibility to prepare young adults “to exercise the responsibilities of citizenship by promoting democratic values such as free expression, tolerance, and diversity—including diversity of opinion.”

NCAC & Dramatists Legal Defense Fund Demand Minnesota City Officials Apologize for Cancelling Play With Word ‘Mulatto’ in Title

By |2017-05-05T13:50:55-04:00May 5th, 2017|Press Releases|

The letter demands a public apology from the City of Burnsville and urges the City to develop a formal policy governing artistic programming at the Ames Center to ensure it is in compliance with First Amendment requirements.

NCAC Joins HarperCollins for #WhyIRead Campaign, Celebrating Company’s 200th Anniversary

By |2020-01-03T15:45:03-05:00May 2nd, 2017|Press Releases|

As an organization committed to defending authors’ free expression and the right to read, NCAC was selected by HarperCollins employees to receive a donation as part of its #WhyIRead campaign, which pledges to donate $200,000 to charities supporting causes that are important to HarperCollins.

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