Author Catherine Ross speaks to NCAC about schools and free speech: "In many communities across the country, the adults who would like to censor student expression are much louder and more influential that the adults who hope that schools will allow students to learn how to exercise their rights."
What happens when a cop complains that student artwork is “propaganda?”
Trump Aims to Sue Journalists "Like You've Never Got Sued Before" Right Wing Watch reports Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump fired up supporters at a rally with a call to undo the First Amendment: “One of the things I’m going to do if I win, and I hope I do and we’re certainly leading, is I’m going to open up our [...]
A local businessman wants a Florida city council to bar performances in a publicly-owned theater that he deems inappropriate.
Two college presidents have decided that speakers selected by students should not appear on campus.
In Florida, a seemingly minor change to a policy regarding how schools handle book challenges could have far-reaching implications.
Free Speech Friday: LGBT Theater, Campus Free Speech, Scalia.
The video, as it was intended to do, has sparked a lively debate. Shouldn't a school seek to nurture that discussion instead of stifling it?
Some of the free speech and censorship news from the week that was.
At Franklin County High School in Tennessee, some students and parents are outraged by the very existence of the Gay-Straight Alliance.
A local TV news outlet is whipping up a frenzy in Florida schools over an award-winning graphic novel.
Free speech highlights from the week: Facebook deletes marijuana pages. Georgetown tells students they can't engage in political speech, a high school newspaper is censored.
Sometimes the real threat to free speech doesn't come from campus activists but administrators.
We're down to a dozen! Here are the semifinalists in this year's Youth Free Expression Film Contest.
Complaints from a few parents have apparently canceled a Connecticut high school's performance of 'American Idiot.'
Scholastic's decision to cease distribution of a controversial children's book raises some fundamental questions about free speech and self-censorship.
After two visitors complained about a painting, a small gallery space in Vero Beach told an artist to remove the piece.
Two new bills are designed to empower ideologically-driven activists to shape what is taught in Florida's classrooms.
Are young people not so hot on free speech these days? Maybe. But it's not a new thing, and it's not just young people.
Free speech zones. Book banning. Facebook's nudity rules. The hysteria over 'Islamic indoctrination.' Let's review just some of the threats to free speech in 2015.
Did a dispute over phallus props in a theater production cost an adjunct professor his job?
Complaints about a lesson that included Arabic calligraphy caused an entire school district in Virginia to close down.
"I love that child... she's the one I write for."
After students voiced their objections, the University of Kentucky has covered a historical mural. The school should seize the opportunity to have serious dialogue.
A conservative law firm threatened to sue a Wisconsin school over a reading and discussion of the picture book I Am Jazz. The district canceled the November 23 reading.
As protests rock several campuses, free speech rights seem to be up for debate. But there is no reason that equality and free speech should be considered opposing values.
Former FBI officials successfully remove paintings by Leonard Peltier from a government building in Washington state.
A censorship dispute in Portage, Indiana, was over quickly after it began thanks to the quick action of students.
An ad hoc committee in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, is again targeting a piece of literature for its language. Are they going too far?
On November 3 free speech defenders packed the house at New York's Tribeca 360 for NCAC's annual gala. The event honored acclaimed author Lois Lowry, writer and human rights activist Larry Siems, and the team behind And Tango Makes Three.
From defending challenged library books to promoting campus free speech to identifying nudity double standards on social media, here are a few of the folks we consider Free Speech Heroes in 2015.
On November 3rd, NCAC celebrated another year of free speech advocacy and saluted Lois Lowry, Larry Siems, Justin Richardson, Peter Parnell, and Henry Cole as 2015 Free Speech Defenders. The evening raised funds from generous sponsors, led by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, to support NCAC's mission, and featured performances from Fun Home, a tribute by Alison Bechdel, and inspiring words from each of our honorees. A special [...]
Parents in Omaha are fired up about proposed changes to the sexual education curriculum. Are they trying to keep their kids "pure," or are they calling for censorship?
It seems like more people are showing up to protest at museums and arts institutions. Is that such a bad thing?
Quentin Tarantino has every right to criticize the police, and they have every right to criticize him. But police officers should be mindful of the First Amendment rights of those with whom they disagree.
A book fair won't carry a new Captain Underpants book, because one of the characters is gay.
What's happening in the Garden State? Right after Banned Books Week, we saw two efforts to remove books from public schools.
NCAC joins groups in supporting the PRIDE Act, which would improve record-keeping of police-involved shootings around the country.
A professor who spoke at a Black Lives Matter protest on her campus was promptly suspended. Now students are demanding that she be reinstated.
A New Jersey superintendent made an ad hoc decision to pull Looking for Alaska from classroom libraries, in violation of district policy.
