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CBLDF Joins Protest of Waterloo Ban on Absolutely True Diary
In advance of a school board meeting in Waterloo, Iowa this evening, CBLDF has joined with five other organizational members of the National Coalition Against Censorship to send a letter urging that...
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CBLDF Joins NCAC Response to Charlie Hebdo PEN America Award Controversy
(c) Charlie Hebdo Dozens of authors have registered their protest of PEN American Center’s presentation of its Freedom of Expression Courage Award to Charlie Hebdo staff. In response, the National...
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Nude Fairy Painting Returns to San Bernardino Library
Free Spirit Fairy © Rose Loya City officials in San Bernardino, California, last week agreed to restore a painting of a nude fairy to its place in a public library exhibit after the National Coalition...
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CBLDF Joins Coalition Defending The Kite Runner in North Carolina School...
As a Buncombe County, North Carolina school district review committee prepares to make a recommendation to the school board on a challenge to The Kite Runner this week, CBLDF has joined the National...
View ArticlePolice Brutality Project Pulled from School
In what was later admitted to be a knee-jerk reaction, Clearview Regional High School students in Gloucester County, New Jersey, were forced to take down their project, which focused on police...
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CBLDF Joins Coalition Opposed to Disclaimer for College Literature Course
Today, CBLDF joined the National Coalition Against Censorship to oppose a “disclaimer” on the English 250 syllabus at Crafton Hills College. The college affirmed that it will not be “eradicating” any...
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Palomar Back in Rio Rancho Schools–But Restricted
When classes resume next month at New Mexico’s Rio Rancho High School, the acclaimed graphic novel Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez will be back on shelves in the library–but students under 18 will need a...
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CBLDF Joins Coalition Defending LGBTQ Children’s Books in Hood County
In advance of a meeting where county commissioners in Hood County, Texas will hear citizen complaints against two LGBTQ-themed picture books in the local public library, CBLDF today joins with a...
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CBLDF Joins Coalition Defending Children’s Books in Florida
Today, CBLDF joined a Kids’ Right to Read-led coalition to defend two children’s books being challenged in Duval County, Florida, over concerns that the books promote Islam and are critical of the US’s...
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CBLDF Joins Coalition Protesting Book Ban in South Carolina
CBLDF has joined a coalition led by the Kids’ Right to Read Project to protest a principal’s actions at Ashley High School in Charleston, South Carolina. Based on a complaint from one parent and in...
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Florida Superintendent Orders Ban on All Books Judged ‘Inappropriate’
In response to a draconian censorship directive recently issued by the superintendent of schools in Dixie County, Florida, CBLDF this week joined with other member organizations of the Kids’ Right to...
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Victory in MN: Annandale Board Rejects Challenge to Alexie Book
In a victory for the freedom to read, the school board in Annandale, Minnesota has chosen to keep Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian in the 9th grade curriculum despite...
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CBLDF Joins Defense of Absolutely True Diary in Illinois School District
For at least the fifth time this year, Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian has been challenged as part of a public school curriculum. This time it’s at Alton High School in...
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CBLDF Defends A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl in Wyoming
CBLDF has joined the defense of Tanya Stone’s A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl after it was challenged at Cody High School in Wyoming. In early November, a parent complained about sexual content in the...
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2017: Free Speech Offenders and Defenders!
The National Coalition Against Censorship, CBLDF’s frequent partner in the fight for free expression, has named their free speech offenders and defenders for 2017. Let’s take a look at some of the free...
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Last Week for Guantanamo Art
This week could be your last chance to ever see the art exhibit from Guantanamo Bay detainees, it closes Friday, January 26th. Since the November shift in policy from the U.S. military, art made by...
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Happy Birthday, Judy Blume!
Today, the beloved YA author, free speech advocate, kick-ass feminist, and all around amazing human being, Judy Blume turned 80. Blume has sold more than 80 million books worldwide, written over twenty...
View ArticleALA’s Banned Book Video | A Call To Activism
American Library Association released a video detailing their annual top ten list of most frequently challenged books. The video starts off with instances of censorship like an illustration of “To Kill...
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Florida Group Upset Over Absence of Creationism in Science Textbook
In an unbelievably predictable turn of events, Keith Flaugh with the Florida Citizens’ Alliance is causing problems for Collier County School Board by claiming approved science textbooks don’t meet...
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Joan E. Bertin to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
Longtime free speech advocate and previous Executive Director of the National Coalition Against Censorship, Joan E. Bertin, is going to be presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Hugh M....
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