For this year’s World Book Night, some free-speech-loving folk in Meridian, Idaho, had the great idea to hand out free copies of Sherman Alexie’s The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is currently suspended from classroom use in…
Help CBLDF Fight for Free Speech at C2E2!
This weekend, CBLDF blows into the Windy City for C2E2! April 25 – 27, you’ll find CBLDF at booth #437 in the South Building of McCormick Place in downtown Chicago (2301 S. Lake Shore Drive) with an abundance of signed…
Chinese Same-Sex Slash Fic Targeted in Porn Crackdown
China’s cyberpolice do not only target political dissidents; they also have the Sisyphean task of scrubbing the Internet of pornography. In the latest crackdown on “all online texts, pictures, videos and advertisements with pornographic content,” however, the government has ensnared…
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New Jersey Professor Suspended for “Threatening” Photo of Game of Thrones T-Shirt
Any good citizen of Westeros knows that the night is dark and full of terrors — particularly if you’re part of House Bergen Community College in New Jersey, where simply posting photos of a “threatening” t-shirt can land you in…
60 Years Ago Today: The US Senate Puts Comics on Trial!
What a difference 60 years can make. On this day, in 1954, the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency was closing out a second day of hearings. These two days would prove a pivotal period in comics history,…
