NCAC Statement on Legislative Efforts to Restrict Internet Access In Schools In an apparent effort to revisit some of the issues addressed by the Communications Decency Act, which the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional last summer, Senator John McCain is now preparing a legislative proposal to limit students' access to "indecent" material on the Internet. McCain proposes to deny federal funding [...]
A PUBLICATION OF NCAC'S FUND FOR BOOKS IN TROUBLE Books in Trouble is an occasional snapshot and status report on some challenged books NCAC has been helping to protect. » Books in Trouble 1 August 1995 » Books in Trouble 2 May 1996 NCAC defends Books in Trouble through daily work with people on the frontlines in local communities. [...]
Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden (Farrar, Strauss, Giroux) CENSORSHIP REJECTED In the controversy preceding this book censorship trial -- which ended with a resounding victory for the First Amendment -- copies of Annie on My Mind were burned on the steps of the Kansas City school district headquarters. A federal judge ruled that the Olathe, Kansas school [...]
The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault (Random House), Charlotte County, Florida CENSORSHIP REJECTED Fifth-century B.C. Athens is the setting of the historical novel that was challenged in a high school for references to homosexuality. Not only did the complainants and their supporters revile the book, which enlivened an honors history class, but they also attempted to humiliate [...]
What is the Working Group? There is intense disagreement among feminists on the question of whether there should be legal restrictions on sexually related expression. The Working Group on Women, Censorship, & "Pornography" was founded in 1992 to oppose the myth that censorship is good for women, that women want censorship, and that those who support censorship speak for all [...]
A Conference Report Where are the feminists who oppose censorship? The women -- artists, writers, therapists, lawyers, educators, sex industry workers, and activists -- who believe censorship of sexually related expression is dangerous to women? Where are the historically informed, legally sophisticated, and politically impassioned voices linking women's freedom and sexual free speech? Their voices were heard at The Sex [...]