That Dangerous Dictionary…and Other Books Too Risqué for Texas Students
September 24-October 1 is Banned Books Week, and ACLU staff and volunteers are posting their thoughts about the freedom to read throughout the week. Celebrate your First Amendment rights by attending one of the ACLU's Banned Books events or just by ...
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That Dangerous Dictionary…and Other Books Too Risqué for Texas Students
September 24-October 1 is Banned Books Week, and ACLU staff and volunteers are posting their thoughts about the freedom to read throughout the week. Celebrate your First Amendment rights by attending one of the ACLU's Banned Books events or just by ...
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Defending Banned Books…Again
September 24 – October 1 is Banned Books Week, and new this year is Banned Sites Day on September 28. All week ACLU staff and volunteers are posting their thoughts about the freedom to read — both books and online content. Celebrate your...
Categories: Andi Zeisler, banned books, Banned Books Week 2011, censorship, Courtenay Hameister, James Joyce, Jonathan Hill, Judy Blume Tags:
"Don’t Filter Me" at Six Months
Last February, the ACLU LGBT Project launched the "Don't Filter Me" campaign to take on the problem of public schools censoring LGBT-friendly content on the web. Today — which just happens to also be Banned Websites Awareness Day &mda...
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Ban Censorship, Not Books or Websites
On July 25, 2011, the Republic School District Board in southwest Missouri voted unanimously to ban Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five and Sarah Ockler's Twenty Boy Summer from its curriculum and library. Banning books from libraries is nothing n...
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Ban Censorship, Not Books or Websites
On July 25, 2011, the Republic School District Board in southwest Missouri voted unanimously to ban Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse Five and Sarah Ockler's Twenty Boy Summer from its curriculum and library. Banning books from libraries is nothing n...
Categories: Banned Books Week 2011, Camdenton, Don't Filter Me, Kurt Vonnegut, Missouri, Sarah Ockler Tags:
The Freedom to Surf: Protecting Internet Access in Public Schools
Throughout history, those in power have attempted to control access to information, to maintain — in the words of Thomas Jefferson — "tyranny over the mind of man." While it used to be books alone smoking in the pyres, today vi...
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Who Says You Can’t Read That?
September 24 – October 1 is Banned Books Week, and new this year is Banned Sites Day on September 28. All week ACLU staff and volunteers are posting their thoughts about the freedom to read — both books and online content. Celebrate your...
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This Week in Civil Liberties (9/23/2011)
In memory of Troy Davis, what can you do to keep fighting for the innocent on death row? What did Ceara Sturgis’ principal try to force her to wear for her yearbook picture? What organizations are allowed to discriminate when hiring for governmen...
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Banned Books Week Kicks Off Tomorrow!
Earlier this week, Reuters reported that a school district in Missouri agreed to lift its ban on Slaughterhouse-Five and Twenty Boy Summer, two books the district had completely banned from its libraries. Thanks to a coalition of censorship opponen...
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