Like comic books in the past, video games have become the nation’s new whipping boy when it comes to finding something to blame for the horrific gun violence that seems to be popping up every few months. Despite loads of…
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Youth Fight Video Game Censorship in NCAC Film Contest
Each year, the National Coalition Against Censorship sponsors the Youth Free Expression Project Film Contest. This week, NCAC released the videos for the 10 semifinalists, which run a gamut of film styles but all make powerful statements against censorship of…
Community Divided Over The House of the Spirits as Final Banning Decision Draws Near
Back in November, CBLDF co-signed a letter defending Isabel Allende’s The House of the Spirits after an outraged parent filed complains against the book being taught in her son’s honors English class. After months of review, the Watauga county school…
Death Note Mixed Up in Concerns Over Troubled Arizona Teen
An eighth grade student at Florence Elementary School in Florence, AZ was removed from school after showing signs of depression and sending suicidal text messages post break-up with his girlfriend. What the local media chose to focus on was a…
Fighting Censorship Is (Big) Easy At Wizard New Orleans!
This weekend CBLDF kicks off the 2014 convention year at Wizard World New Orleans, where we’ll be releasing the Deadly Class #1 Liberty Variant, and offering a host of new items including signed Neil Gaiman and Brian K. Vaughan books! …
Students Protest Draconian Classroom Library Policy in Pennsylvania
Recently, CBLDF joined a Kids’ Right to Read Project-led coalition protesting a proposed policy in the Muhlenberg School District in Pennsylvania that would require teachers to read every book in their classrooms and label or remove mature, sexual, violent or…
Graphic Novels, Challenged Books Score Big in ALA Awards
The American Library Association’s Youth Media Awards for 2014 were presented at the organization’s Midwinter Conference yesterday, and we were pleased to see challenged books and graphic novels figuring prominently among them! The complete roundup of winners and runners-up (Honor…
Support CBLDF At Wizard World Portland!
This weekend CBLDF kicks off the 2014 convention year at Wizard World Portland, where we’ll be premiering the Deadly Class #1 Liberty Variant, and giving a presentation on the birth of the Comics Code! CBLDF will be set up at…
Remembering MLK: The Silence of Our Friends
Martin Luther King, Jr., used his right to free speech to fight one of the most important battles in American history, often — and ultimately — at great personal risk. In an era when many thought African Americans should not…
CBLDF Joins Coalition Opposing Book Rating Proposals in Pennsylvania, Virginia
This week, CBLDF joined the other sponsoring members of the Kids’ Right to Read Project to support students’ and teachers’ free expression rights in two separate but similar cases that would restrict the right to read. CBLDF joins coalition efforts…