Censorship News Archive

NCAC's newsletter, published quarterly, contains information and discussion about freedom of expression issues, including current school censorship controversies, threats to the free flow of information, and obscenity laws. A tax-deductible contribution of $30 or more brings you Censorship News quarterly, and entitles you to other informational material upon request.
 

Censorship News #109

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• The Times They Are A-Changin?
• The First Amendment in the Supreme Court
• Free Speech: Can We Afford It
• The Long and The Short of It

Censorship News #108

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• Arresting Speech! Protests, Police and the Press at the National Conventions
• Internet Speech Roundup
• What's wrong with this picture?
• The Long and The Short of It
• Free Speech: A Two-Way Street

Censorship News #107

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• The Ultimate Taboo
• The Long And Short of It
• Terrorizing Art
• News From The Coalition
• A Pig-Headed Reading of the Law

Censorship News #106

• The Trouble With Balance
• The Long and the Short of It
• Secrecy, Part II
• A Presumption in Favor of Secrecy

Censorship News #105

• The Long and the Short Of It
• Free Speech 4 Students
• Congressional Hearings Confirm Censorship of Science
• A Victory for Free Speech on the Airwaves
• A Finger on the Scales of Justice

Censorship News #104

• YFEN at the Grassroots Media Conference
• What Are They Thinking - Youth Activists Speak Out
• The Long And Short Of It
• The Imus Affair
• Student Play About Iraq War Censored
• Morse v Frederick
• First Amendment Priorities for the 110th Congress

Censorship News #103

• The Long and The Short of It
• The First Amendment, In Congress and the Courts
• The FCC - A Bleep Too Far
• Censoring Science

Censorship News #102

• The Long and the Short of It
• The First Amendment Online, in Congress and the Courts
• Standing Up for the Internet's First Amendment
• Roz Udow An Appreciation
• Moral Panic, Version 2

Censorship News #101

• The Long and Short Of It
• The First Amendment, in Congress and the Courts
• The Controversy That Won't Quit
• Subversive Schools
• Censorship 101, A Crash Course

Censorship News #100

• Waging the War of Ideas With a Heavy Hand
• News from the Coalition
• Deja Vu All Over Again
• The Long and the Short of It

Censorship News #99

• USA Patriot Act in Flux
• The Long and the Short of It
• NCAC Initiates The Knowledge Project
• Evolving Education
• 7th Circuit Court Demotes College Journalists
• USA Patriot Act in Flux
• The Long and the Short of It
• Evolving Education
• 7th Circuit Court Demotes College Journalists

Censorship News #98

• The Long and the Short of It
• Public Broadcasting Caught in the Culture War
• Late-Breaking News in Congress and the Courts
• BLEEP - Censoring Hollywood
• Balancing Act

Censorship News #97

»  Unintelligent Design »  The Long and the Short of It »  Sex, Lies, and Videotape »  Creationism by Any Other Name »  Academia Assailed - Conservatives Seek Balance

Censorship News #96

»  Views - Reflections on NCACs 30 Years »  Treasury Department Lifts Ban on Foreign Letters »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Snapshots and Soundbites From Turning Up the Volume »  NCAC Turns Up the Volume »  Abstinence-Only - Short on Facts Long on Fancy

Censorship News #95

»  Views - The Odor of Mendacity »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Texas Textbook Battles »  News From The Courts »  NCAC Leaders and NCAC Win Awards »  NCAC - 30 Years of Defending Freedom »  Government Under Wraps

Censorship News #94

»  Views - A Blank Check »  The Uses of Indecency »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Off With His Head »  News From The Courts »  New Officers Elected »  In Memoriam Mildred Jeffrey »  Film Contest - Free Speech and Democracy »  Disclosure - Good for the Goose Not the Gander

» Censorship News #93

»  Views - Indecency Again »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Jeremiah Gutman - NCAC Chair Dies »  Has His Penis Gone to His Head »  Government Warns Publishers - Do not Edit Foreign Scripts »  Flash »  Film Contest - Free Speech and Democracy »  Congress Threatens Middle East Studies »  Campaign Finance Law Threatens Expression

» Censorship News #92

»  Tuscaloosa College Bans Photos »  Violent Video Game Players Mysteriously Avoid Killing Selves - Others »  Views - Money Talks »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Supreme Court Surprise »  NCAC Sponsors Free Speech Conversation »  Does Censorship Make Schools Safe »  Censoring Scientific Information

» Censorship News #91

»  What To Do About the Childrens Internet Protection Act »  Censoring Scientific Information »  Views - Science and Politics »  The Long And The Short Of It »  News From The Courts »  Flag Exhibit Unfurls Protests

» Censorship News #90

»  The Long And The Short Of It »  News From The Courts »  Accountability in Public Schools »  Views - Big Brother Meets Catch-22

» Censorship News #89

»  The Strange Case of Sarah Jones »  Voices of Protest Sometimes Get Through »  Views - Collateral Damage »  The Long And The Short Of It »  News From The Courts »  Keeping Government Documents Secret

» Censorship News #88

»  Views - The Silver Lining »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Student Wins Censorship Battle and Award »  Opposition to Censored Sex-Ed Grows »  NCAC Remembers Sara Blackburn and Vera List »  NCAC Broadens Its Leadership »  Must Curators Self-Censor »  At What Price - Awareness

» Censorship News #87

»  Views - Education Held Hostage »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Survey - American Press Too Nosey »  NCAC Invites You to The File Room Open Forum »  Let us Pledge Common Sense »  Democracies Die Behind Closed Doors »  Banned Books Event Attracts Readers and Writers

» Censorship News #86

»  Views - MAKE Him Talk »  The Long And The Short Of It »  New York Regents Fail Test on First Amendment »  NCAC Remembers Board Members Samuel Rabinove and Nanette Roberts »  NCAC Benefit »  Letter from Cathy Popkin- Columbia - to NYS Education Commissioner Richard Mills »  In The Courts

» Censorship News #85

»  Views - Taboo Talk »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Tattered Cover Wins »  NCAC In Action - Abstinence-Only Education »  NCAC Benefit and Other Events »  Jailed Journalist Wins PEN Award »  How About An Old-Fashioned Book Burning

» Censorship News #84

»  Writing History to Executive Order »  Views - Jo List 1st Amendment Champion - Fairy Godmother »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Protest And Patriotism Not Either-Or »  Jo List - NCAC Co-Chair Dies »  Art Now - Artists Respond to 9-11

» Censorship News #83

»  The Long And The Short Of It »  The First Amendment in the Shadow of Terrorism »  More News From the Courts »  Academic Freedom - News From the Courts

» Censorship News #82

»  Views - Prohibited Piracy or Protected Parody »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Reparations Ad Inflames Campuses »  Full of Grace and Truth »  Anti-Censorship Sex Ed Campaign Taking Off »  A Mixed Bag in the Courts and Congress

» Censorship News #81

»  Views - Its Not Just About Huck Finn »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Decency Revisited - New York Mayor Is At It Again »  Anti-Censorship Sex Ed Campaign Taking Off »  Academic Freedom Bites the Dust »  A Mixed Bag in the Courts and Congress

» Censorship News #80

»  Views - Seeking New Ways to Fight Censorship »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Sex-Ed - NCAC Launches Anti-Censorship Campaign »  News From the Courts (Not The Supremes) »  First Amendment Internship Honors Lora Hays

» Censorship News #79

»  The Long And The Short Of It »  The First Amendment Pop Culture and the Silly Season »  MOMA to Show Tell It Like It Is »  Censorship Protects Ignorance Not Innocence

» Censorship News #78

»  Views - Why Stop Dr Laura »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Teaching Sex by Jeffrey Moran »  Supreme Court Speaks On Religious Speech »  Supreme Court Protects Speech on Cable TV »  News From NCACs Board of Directors »  Abstinence-Only Is Censorship

» Censorship News #77

»  Views - A Necessary Evil »  The Long And The Short Of It »  National News - Two Victories One Retreat »  Michiganders Say No To Internet Filters »  In Texas - Positive Art Brings Negative Response »  Confederate Flag Battle - A Time To Teach

» Censorship News #76

»  Views - End of Year (Century - Millennium) Musings »  The Long And The Short Of It »  NCAC - A Quarter-Century Young »  Is Harry Potter Evil by Judy Blume »  Censorship Unveiled »  All About Art - The Good the Bad and the Ugly

» Censorship News #75

»  Weird Science by Katha Pollitt »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Judy Blume Draws Crowds-Crowds and Then Some »  Federal Court Demotes College Journalists »  Culture Wars Come to New York (Along With Mosquitos) »  Appeal to Reason

» Censorship News #74

»  Washingtons Post-Littleton Looney Tunes »  Violence in the Media »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Media Scholar Warns Senate - Listen to Our Children Dont Fear Them »  Kill the Messenger

» Censorship News #73

»  The Long And The Short Of It »  The Limits of Free Speech »  Senate Internet Bill Could Backfire »  Other News from the Courts - Not So Good »  NEA Head Whites Out The Story of Colors »  Childrens Bodies - What Are We Afraid Of »  Academic Freedom Survives Court Battle

» Censorship News #72

»  Views on the News From the Executive Director - Teachers (and Education) in Trouble »  Views on the News From the Executive Director - Teachers (and Education) in Troubl »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Cry Racism And Watch Knees Jerk »  Courts to Congress - Hands Off http »  Court Bars Internet Filters in Loudoun County Library »  Appellate Rulings Threaten Creative Teaching

» Censorship News #71

»  Thinking About the Flag in Flames »  The Long And The Short Of It »  Sex and Censorship - Dangers to Minors and Others »  House Approves 98 Million For The NEA »  Government Secrecy - Bad Habits Die Hard »  Contested Histories

» Censorship News #70

»  The Long And The Short Of It »  Supreme Court Upholds Decency Standard for the NEA »  Sex and Censorship - Dangers to Minors and Others »  New York Audiences Get A Choice - Will San Antonio and Anchorage Be So Lucky »  If Only Congress Could Gag the Globe »  Go Ask Alice Snatched From Students »  Censorship and The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury

» Censorship News #69

»  Views on the News From the Executive Director »  The Politics of Ratings Labels and Filters - A Little Bedlam »  The Long And The Short of It »  Teen Magazines Too Racy »  Ratings For Rock Concerts

» Censorship News #68

»  NYC Adult Zoning Law On Appeal »  News and Updates »  NCAC to Sponsor Panel on Ratings and Filters »  Court Rulings Threaten Free Expression »  CDA Opponents Won Landmark Victory But The War Goes On