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Censorship News: The Video Game Issue

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: NCAC devotes the latest issue of Censorship News to video games and the latest in a series of effort … more →

Tags: rating systems, violent video games, Censorship News, Schwarzenegger v. Entertainment Merchants Association

20 Banned Album Covers1 comment

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: On occasion of the controversy over the sexually suggestive cover of Kanye West’s upcoming album … more →

Tags: art censorship, music censorship, Kanye West

Book censorship round-up for this week

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: Suzanne Collins’s young adult novel The Hunger Games is challenged in New Hampshire by a paren … more →

Tags: Texas, Young-Adult, California, Book Challenge, ya, the hunger games, suzanne collins, The “What’s Happening to My Body?” Book for Boys, New Hampshire

Announcing the 2010 YFEP Film Contest Judges!

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: Announcing our esteemed judges for our youth film contest I’m All For Free Speech, BUT…! Jordan Alle … more →

Tags: film contest

Download 74 Banned Books for Free!1 comment

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: Wanna get your banned books reading on?  In celebration of last week’s Banned Books Week, Inte … more →

Tags: Banned Books Week

Decency, Respect and Community Standards: What Offends Us Now?

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: TONIGHT, NCAC and The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School have invited several p … more →

Tags: Vera List Center for Art and Politics, laura flanders, Wafaa Bilal, Holly Hughes, Trevor Paglen, Carolee Schneemann, GRITtv, decency clause

Is "controversy" a dirty word for arts institutions? 2 comments

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: Last Wednesday NCAC and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School were joined by B … more →

Tags: beka economopoulos, Bill Ivey, Culture Wars, decency clause, GRITtv, laura flanders, Magdalena Sawon, Martha Wilson, nato thompson

Sherman Alexie novel officially banned from Missouri school25 comments

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: A disappointing ruling came out last night regarding Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a … more →

Tags: Sherman Alexie, book ban, school libraries, Classroom, Stockton, Missouri, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

NCAC Protests Cancellation of Ellen Hopkins Appearance at Teen Lit Fest in Texas

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: An invitation to young adult novelist Ellen Hopkins to speak about her experiences as a writer was r … more →

Tags: Texas, Young-Adult, teen lit fest 2011, Humble Texas, Ellen Hopkins

The Artist Received an Apology

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: The Executive Director of the Springfield Business Improvement District (SBID) in Massachusetts has … more →

Tags: Massachusetts, public art, art &soles, Donald Courtemanche, Gina Beavers, SBID, pole dancer

PEN American Center issues statement in support of Park51 Community Center

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: PEN American Center, a member of NCAC’s coalition, released a statement in support of the proposed P … more →

Tags: Park51-community-center, Religious Freedom, Pen American Center

Book retained in Oklahoma because "we have to"3 comments

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: The word “fuck” has caused quite a stir in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Its appearance – 45 times, … more →

Tags: Young-Adult, Book Challenge, Oklahoma, ya, Shooting Star, broken arrow board of education

Announcing the 2010 Youth Film Contest!1 comment

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: “I’m all for free speech, BUT…” We all believe in free speech, but does that mean anything goes?  Wh … more →

Tags: film contest

A Conversation with Edward Albee, David Henry Hwang, Terrence McNally and Adam Rapp

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: The Free Speech Leadership Council gathered on June 23, 2010 for “Playwrights on Censorship: A Conve … more →

Tags: theatre, theatre censorship, Terrence McNally, playwrights on censorship, David henry Hwang, Adam Rapp, Edward Albee

Indiana school board to review Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon"2 comments

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 2 years ago: As we reported in our latest edition of Censorship News, Nobel Prize winner Toni Morrison’s Song of … more →

Tags: Book Challenge, toni morrison, Song of Solomon, Indiana

Tampon photo incites controversy at the Fashion Institute8 comments

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 3 years ago: “FIT endorses the right of artists to freely express their views through their work” reads a sign at … more →

Tags: art censorship, FIT, tampons, menstrual art

LGBTQ-themed book removed from New Jersey high school library5 comments

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 3 years ago: The Rancocas Valley School Board in Mt. Holly, New Jersey, chose to remove one of the three challeng … more →

Tags: book censorship, obscenity, Book Challenge, LGBTQ, Mt. Holly, NJ

Temecula's cultural life remains in the hands of city official's subjective tastes1 comment

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 3 years ago: Temecula city management, which was responsible for removing a nude artwork from an exhibition in Ja … more →

Tags: Nudity, public art, Temecula

Join us on Saturday to view the winning YFEN films!

Blog of the National Coalition Against Censorship wrote 3 years ago: On March 27 from 1-4 at the New York Film Academy, NCAC partners with Kahlil Almustafa, Emily Kunstl … more →

Tags: film contest, youth voices uncensored, YFEN, film


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