Five popular, award-winning, and critically praised novels were recently removed from an alternative reading list for high school students in Nome, Alaska after parent complaints, leading to a contentious public debate at a school board meeting last week where other…
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Stuck in the Middle Challenged in Oklahoma School
An Oklahoma middle school last week pulled the comic anthology Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics from an Unpleasant Age off of shelves after one parent called it “trash” and complained of vulgarities, sexual references, and drug use in some of the…
Rep. Clay Files Lawsuit Over Removal of Student Art Contest Painting
Missouri Congressman William Lacy Clay has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to protect the First Amendment rights of his constituent David Pulphus, whose painting on the theme of police violence was repeatedly removed from the wall of a U.S. Capitol…
CBLDF Joins Defense of The Glass Castle
CBLDF has joined the Kids’ Right to Read Project in defending Jeannette Walls’ memoir, The Glass Castle, from a challenge in Marshfield, Wisconsin. CBLDF is a sponsor of KRRP. CBLDF joins coalition efforts to protect the freedom to read comics. Censorship…
Saudi Fans Flock to Kingdom’s First Comic Con
Saudi fans of comics and all things geek made history last week with the kingdom’s first ever Comic Con. Despite fevered criticism from traditionalists who accused them of “devil worshipping,” men and women alike put on their best cosplay and…
Jonathan Hickman, Kieron Gillen, Brian Azzarello, and More Signed Books Reward Your CBLDF Donation!
We have some great new signed premiums this week, including East of West: The Apocalypse Year One hardcover signed by Jonathan Hickman, The Wicked & The Divine Year One hardcover signed by Kieron Gillen, Airboy deluxe hardcover signed by James Robinson, Joker signed…
Wisconsin Parent Wants The Glass Castle Out of Curriculum
A parent in Marshfield, Wisconsin has filed a challenge to Jeannette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle, saying that high school students “deserve better” than a book he describes as “full of foul language, and explicit and disturbing materials.” In accordance…
CBLDF Joins Condemnation of Proposed DHS Password Policy
CBLDF has joined a statement condemning a Department of Homeland Security proposal that would require non-citizens to provide their social media passwords as a condition of entering the United States. The statement warns, “Freedom of expression and press rights, access…
Turkish Publisher Closes Satirical Magazine Over Moses Cartoon
The publisher of the Turkish satirical magazine Gırgır abruptly shut down the publication and laid off all its staff last week in response to a cartoon that irreverently depicted Moses and was deemed offensive to both Jews and Muslims. The…
Parent Group Demands Changes or Cancellation for Illinois High School’s Civil Rights Seminar Day
Some parents in the northern suburbs of Chicago are complaining that an innovative all-day seminar on civil rights at New Trier High School will be “biased, unbalanced, [and] divisive.” Award-winning authors Andrew Aydin and Colson Whitehead are scheduled to speak…