Marianne Dhenin: Educators Worry Palestine Censorship Could Reshape Public Education Entirely
New efforts to shut down honest discussion of Palestine could restrict everything from literature to science classes
Video: The commencement address that Harvard suppressed for mentioning genocide
Who are the people who remind you of your worth and give you the courage to try again? And who are the people who sit with you as we witness the moral injuries of our time?
George Yancy: Pete Hegseth Has Banned 3 of My Books From the US Naval Academy
Banning books is not just about silencing people — it is about silencing critical thinking and introspection.
Nan Levinson: Seven-and-a-Half Propositions for Journalism in the Age of Trump
The Good and the Bad in Media Coverage Now
American Friends Service Committee: New York Times rejects Quaker ad for calling Israel’s actions “genocide”
Many human rights organizations, legal scholars, genocide and holocaust scholars, and UN bodies have determined that Israel is committing genocide or genocidal acts in Gaza.
Adam Patric Miller: Next Year’s Words
I scroll down and am stunned to see a large ad sponsored by The Jewish Agency for Israel featuring a former student who is going to share his “powerful story of strength, sacrifice, and service” fighting as “a lone soldier” for the IDF.
Michael Simms: Banned!
Vox Populi is not alone in experiencing censorship from Facebook which has often been accused of blocking messages critical of Israel and supportive of Palestine.
Olivia Rosane: USC Cancels Muslim Valedictorian’s Speech
“USC offers a minor in ‘resistance to genocide,’ this girl minored in it, was named valedictorian, and then they cancelled her speech because she might talk about genocide.”
Jessica Corbett: Mehdi Hasan Launches Media Platform With Naomi Klein, Greta Thunberg, and More
The journalist says Zeteo will feature “hard-hitting interviews and unsparing analysis” in op-eds, podcasts, and streaming shows.
Rebecca Gordon: Banning What Matters
Public Libraries Under MAGA Threat
Abby Zimet: Banning Eagle Song, Dragons Love Tacos, A Thai Lullaby and Pink! To Protect the Children
The nationwide rush to “protect the innocence of children” from the perils of thinking for themselves accelerated last week…
Jake Johnson: Citing Orwell, Judge Blocks ‘Positively Dystopian’ Censorship Law Backed by DeSantis
The federal judge lambasted Florida officials’ argument that “professors enjoy ‘academic freedom’ so long as they express only those viewpoints of which the state approves.”
Tom Engelhardt: My Life with Maus
Or How I Was Banned (Even If in a Second-Hand Way) by a Trumpian World
Abby Zimet: These Are Not the Best of Times
On the vital, longtime, increasingly bonkers battleground of culture wars that are our schools and our kids and what they can learn, it keeps getting worse. A new report finds … Continue reading
