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About Censorship in Camouflage Censorship in Camouflage I: The Censor Within Censorship in Camouflage I: Free Markets and Free Expression Censorship in Camouflage II: McDonalds or McDocumenta: Artistic Freedom in a Global Economy (Panel) Censorship in Camouflage II: McDonalds or McDocumenta: Artistic Freedom in a Global Economy (Discussion) Censorship in Camouflage I: A Project about the Unexplored [...]
Government Financing of Abstinence-Only Education Recently, the Commerce Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4122. If passed into law, H.R. 4122 would extend federal and matching state financing for abstinence-only education for another five years. The measure restricts the information that students may be provided to be consistent with the "abstinence-until marriage" message. H.R. 4122 will soon [...]
NCAC and other free speech advocates have jointly launched a public education campaign to inform legislators, educators, policy-makers and others about the threat to First Amendment principles from publicly-funded "abstinence-only" sex education.
AMERICAN AMUSEMENT MACHINE ASS'N, et al., Plaintiffs - Appellants, v. TERI KENDRICK, et al., Defendants - Appellees No. 00-3643 In the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit On Appeal From a Judgement of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, Indianapolis Division BRIEF AMICI CURIAE OF SCHOLARS AND AUTHORS IN THE FIELD [...]
Since the inception of the public library movement in the mid 19th century, public libraries have occupied a unique and critical role in American society.
I happened to be in London last summer on the very day "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban," the third book in the wildly popular series by J. K. Rowling, was published. I couldn't believe my good fortune. I rushed to the bookstore to buy a copy, knowing this simple act would put me up there with the best grandmas in the world. The book was still months away from publication in the United States, and I have an 8-year-old grandson who is a big Harry Potter fan.
Introduction | The First Amendment and Public Schools | Censorship | Student Protest Rights | How Big a Problem is Censorship? | Roles and Responsibilities | Censorship Policies | Resource Guide A. Understanding Censorship: Censorship is not easy to define. According to Webster’s Dictionary, to "censor" means "to examine in order to suppress or delete anything considered objectionable." Its central [...]
An art exhibit, Love Makes a Family: Living in Lesbian and Gay Families, created to depict the diversity of families, was recently attacked in Amherst, Massachusetts by opponents who brought a lawsuit to have it banned from further showings in public schools. The exhibit includes photos and text about families that include gay children or parents.
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 [...]