In 1950 the US government burned copies of a magazine because they said it revealed the country's nuclear secrets. A similar dispute is playing out right now — this time without the same kinds of censorship and legal threats.
After one parent complained that an acclaimed graphic novel was child pornography. After a letter from NCAC, the district's review committee voted to keep the book in the school library.
A high school newspaper investigation into drugs was deemed unsuitable for publication by the school's principal. But a local news outlet heard about the story and decided that good journalism deserves to be read.
Controversy has intensified over the removal of the book The Perks of Being A Wallflower from a Connecticut school district's curriculum. Does the superintendent's response make any sense?
A review committee in Wallingford, Ct. decided to keep a popular young adult novel in the English curriculum. But the superintendent overruled that decision. Does his decision make legal or educational sense?
A panel discussion about political activism is canceled at the last minute at the Missouri History Museum. Was it a matter of curatorial discretion, or was the inclusion of Palestinian activism the real problem?
A dispute over showing a controversial film on campus shows how student groups can manage such controversies without resorting to censorship.
The University of Oklahoma's decision to expel two students over a racist fraternity video violates the First Amendment. But what are the deeper lessons about this incident?
Florida state government officials appear to have a rule about how to deal with climate change: Don't talk about it.
A New York Times reviewer offers a scathing response to the New York Youth Symphony's decision to censor a young composer's Carnegie Hall debut.
Local Tea Party activists fail in their efforts to remove world history textbooks they see as 'Islamic indoctrination.'
A Colorado school district has dropped a plan to 'review' an AP History framework that conservatives claim is "sharply left-leaning." But this fight over how to teach history isn't over by a long shot.
Published in January of this year, The Guantanamo Diary is an intense account of Mohamedou Ould Slahi's excruciating experiences as a prisoner of the U.S. war on terror. Slahi was detained in his native Mauritania in 2001 before a CIA rendition plane flew him to Jordan for brutal interrogation sessions. From there, Slahi was flown to Afghanistan and then finally [...]
Gilbert, Arizona was a censorship flashpoint last year, when the school board tried to remove pages from a biology textbook. This year they beat back an effort to remove the classic novel Beloved from an AP reading list.
Congressional efforts to punish online sex trafficking are overbroad, counterproductive and will chill free speech.
A Florida lawmaker who last year introduced a bill strengthening local control over public schools wants to make a right-wing documentary required viewing.
Last year's battle over books in a Texas school district isn't over. Now a parent is challenging a book about the lives of poor people.
Good news from Delaware: One school district dropped a plan to limit students' access to certain books, and in another district the effort to alter health curriculum in accord with religious objections appears to have failed.
In the wake of the Charlie Hebdo massacre, there are plenty of serious questions to ask about the state of free speech in France--and everywhere else.
Hanover School District’s Fix Could Actually Make Things Worse NEW YORK, January 13, 2015 — The National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) is cautioning school officials in Hanover County, VA that policy changes intended to reduce complaints about instructional materials could actually do the opposite. At a school board meeting tonight, three changes to board policies are being mulled over in response to controversies surrounding the use [...]
Many US media outlets are reporting on the Charlie Hebdo massacre--but pointedly avoiding showing the images at the center of the story.
