censorship

When sixteen-year-old Molly Sheldon of Saphouse Junction, Vermont, discovers she has psychic healing powers and befriends newcomer Eben Wheeler, she finds her father's general store being picketed and herself suspected of witchcraft.

The top twenty-five censored stories reported in the media in 2005 and 2006 as identified by Project Censored, including articles on Halliburton's connections to nuclear technology in Iran, high-tech genocide in Congo, and the increase of dead zones in the world's oceans; and reports on what happened to previous censored stories, bias in the Associated Press, and other related topics.

High school senior Ava Van Buren is assigned the task of writing an article about censorship in her complacent midwestern community.

Explains why books are banned and presents a brief history of book banning.

Presents a collection of essays regarding censorship, including censorship of the Internet, worldwide censorship, and the possible limits of free speech.

A guide for librarians containing profiles of twenty young adult books that are often challenged by parents, presenting plot summaries, lists of reviews, and discussions of each book's controversial issues. Also provides the ALA Library Bill of Rights and explains how to write a book rationale.

Explores the censorship histories of one hundred books that have been suppressed on political, religious, sexual, and social grounds.

Examines two hundred significant news events which occurred between 1976 and 1995, and argues that the media either failed to cover the stories or engaged in self-censorship, leaving the American public uninformed.

Presents dozens of editorial cartoons that were yanked before publication due to perceived controversy, accompanied by brief narratives explaining the situations behind them. Includes entries from the 1930s through the early twenty-first century by artists such as Garry Trudeau, Doug Marlette, Paul Conrad, Herblock, Mike Luckovich, and Norman Rockwell.