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In Arizona, Censoring Questions About Race
Seeded on Mon Apr 2, 2012 12:09 AM EDT (The New York Times)
By Linda Martín Alcoff - In recent weeks, the state of Arizona has intensified its attack in its schools on an entire branch of study — critical race theory. Books and literature that, in the state’s view, meet that definition have been said to violate a …
Super Bowl ads: Prime time politics
Seeded on Sun Feb 5, 2012 10:54 AM EST (Politico)
The Super Bowl ad has been a launching pad for new computers, soft drinks and sports cars, but this year it’s entering a new arena — as a political football. Abortion foes and coalitions opposed to sports blackout rules are among the advocates for causes and candid …
Republicans Cut C-SPAN Feed As House Democrats Take To The Floor To Demand The GOP Get Back To Work - Second Censorship Attempt In A Month
Seeded on Sat Jan 7, 2012 7:35 AM EST ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)
As James Clyburn demanded to know where the Republicans were at, the House Leadership cut the C-SPAN feed and shut off the microphones.
Anti-Choice Senator Jim DeMint wants to ban talking about abortion on the Internet
Seeded on Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:55 PM EDT (NARAL Blog for Choice)
Anti-choice Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) just filed an anti-choice amendment to a bill related to agriculture, transportation, housing, and other programs.
More sex education, please, and less censorship
Seeded on Sat Oct 15, 2011 10:42 AM EDT (New Statesman Contents)
Pornography is often used as an excuse to enact censorship on a wider scale. This does not mean that pornography is not a problem; nor does it prove that an uncensored internet would be a happy pornotopia of unbridled erotic freedom.
NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly: Wall Street Protesters To Be 'Met With Force' If They Target Police Officers
Seeded on Fri Oct 7, 2011 9:04 AM EDT (CBS News New York)
NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly had some strong words for “Occupy Wall Street” protesters Thursday, blaming participants for starting skirmishes which led to more than 20 arrests on Wednesday. “What they did is they counted.
Banned Books Week Sept. 24 through Oct. 1: The 10 most challenged titles
Seeded on Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:19 AM EDT (BannedBooksWeek.org)
Banned Books Week (BBW) is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment... The books featured during Banned Books Week have been targets of attempted bannings. Fortunately, while some books were banned or …
Oakland museum cancels Palestinian kids' war art
Seeded on Sun Sep 11, 2011 11:15 AM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)
SAN FRANCISCO -- An Oakland children's museum, citing pressure from the community, canceled a planned exhibit of artwork by Palestinian youth that depicted the Israeli assault during the 2008-09 Gaza conflict. The Museum of Children's Art was scheduled to display the art from Se …
APNewsBreak: Facial recognition in use after riots
Thu Aug 11, 2011 9:49 AM EDT
Facial recognition technology being considered for London's 2012 Games is getting a workout in the wake of Britain's riots, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press on Thursday, with officers feeding photographs of suspects through Scotland Yard's newly updated face-matching program.
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Banning Books for Christ in Republic, Missouri
Seeded on Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:22 PM EDT (Banning Books for Christ in Republic, Missouri)
It’s interesting how we can’t have anything in our public or school libraries that doesn’t perpetuate Christian myth, or to be more precise, is in some way deemed to contradict Christian myth.
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