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Censorship
Idaho Law Criminalizes Librarians Who Allow LGBTQ Books to Stay on Their Shelves
An informal survey suggests that more than half of the librarians in Idaho are considering leaving their jobs.
Communication Crackdown in Federal Prisons Has Been Operating Quietly Until Now
“Double contact bans” disrupt the means by which prisoners may assert their rights and dissent to their treatment.
Palestinian Lawyer Censored for “Nakba as a Legal Concept” Article Speaks Out
The board shut down the Columbia Law Review website after student editors published Rabea Eghbariah’s article.
K-12 Schools in New Jersey Are Becoming a Battlefield Over Palestine Advocacy
For months, pro-Israel advocates in New Jersey have lobbied school districts to suppress discussion of Palestine.
Anti-LGBTQ Censorship Is Endangering Trans People Behind Bars
“Trans Bodies, Trans Selves,” a basic trans health resource, is explicitly banned from prisons in eight states.
Romney and Blinken Admit TikTok Ban Sought to Censor Gaza News
Biden's secretary of state said that content shared on the platform had “a very challenging effect on the narrative.”
Don’t Buy the Right-Wing Disinformation Campaign on “From the River to the Sea”
This phrase was never about killing Jews. It emerged in the 1960s as a call for equal rights within a democratic state.
Students Sue After CUNY Folds to Backlash Against Muslim Commencement Speakers
CUNY's law school canceled student commencement speeches after Muslim women used the platform to criticize Israel.
Students Sue Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders for Silencing Black History
Decades after the Little Rock Nine, students at Central High School are still fighting for anti-racist education.
Israeli Police Arrest Renowned Feminist Scholar Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian
More than 100 professors around the world released a statement calling for her immediate release.