There is a growing epidemic among the youth of America. It starts during the grade-school years, when parents curtail the development of critical thinking and free will in their children, conditioning them to believe that the world does and will always coddle their fragile sense of self. They are taught […]
Cars, trucks, airplanes, guns, knives and computers are not supposed to be used in a criminal act; yet, every day they are. Last week, a terrorist in Nice, France, managed to kill more people with a truck than has any single mass shooter. Yet, no one is calling for a […]
Google once threatened the former publisher of the Banned Books Awareness and Reading for Knowledge column. When they stood by me and refused to censor my article, Google responded by revoking the newspaper’s ad revenue capability. Now they have erased someone’s 14 years worth of writing for “violation of the […]
Upholding an author’s right to write unhindered under the freedom of speech enshrined in Article 19 (1) (a) of the Indian Constitution, the First Bench of the Madras High Court comprising Chief Justice S.K. Kaul and Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana said that the Tamil Nadu government’s attempt to gag Perumal Murugan, […]
Despite the sheer ridiculousness of Feltzer’s “conclusions” and the blatant political slant of the interviewer, some very serious questions are raised concerning the reasoning behind Amazon’s actions and its impacts on the information the public is and is not allowed to see at the mercy of the political whims of […]
NYT’s James Risen & Abby Martin on Fighting Censorship, Endless War
The 19th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule comes with a reminder of the stark contrast between the world within and without its border. Thousands of residents marched in protest on the anniversary in defiance of Chinese authorities over the abductions of several Hong Kong booksellers. Pro-democracy lawmaker, […]
scooAs N.C. Policy Watch reported last April, at the time of the nomination, Chasteen — an employee of the controversial right-wing preacher Franklin Graham’s Samartian’s Purse organization — is not the kind of person who should be allowed anywhere near the decision-making process when it comes to the state’s public […]
Marred by controversy, a Young Adult novel by New Zealand author Ted Dawe, will finally be released to North American bookshelves and tablets on June 14. The award-winning novel follows the story of Te Arepa Santos, holding onto his Maori heritage at a posh Auckland boarding school where bullying is […]
Some believe that censorship is a tool of the conservative, trying hard to shelter eyes and minds from the truths of history and life; but there is a disturbing trend by liberals of using it as a tool to protect themselves from thoughts and ideas that offend them and scarcely […]
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