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They ban textbooks, don't they?: Texas school officials rejected a widely used environmental textbook, claiming it was filled with errors. The author says they're censoring him because they didn't like his green views -- and he's suing.; By Frederick Clarkson Nov 5, 2003
"Doonesbury": Jerked off the funny pages: Hundreds of papers might be pulling this Sunday's strip for referring to the health benefits of masturbation. Garry Trudeau talks to Salon about his comic's 32-year history of controversy.; By Sheerly Avni Sep 5, 2003
Sanitized for our protection: Teenage movie fans can watch the stars of the execrable "Bad Boys II" leer over a corpse's breasts, but the all-powerful movie ratings board probably won't allow Americans to see the Italian master Bertolucci's new film intact.; By Charles Taylor Sep 5, 2003
FilthyFlicks: Correcting the sin of omission, this company adds extra sex, nudity, profanity or extreme violence to our favorite screen gems.; By Cary Tennis Sep 20, 2002
Muzzling Moore: When Michael Moore's publisher insisted he rewrite his new book to be less critical of President Bush, it took an outraged librarian to get it back in the stores.; By Kera Bolonik Jan 7, 2002
Terror cleansing: Since Sept. 11, pop culture has been purging itself of anything potentially insensitive. But who decides what "sensitive" is?; By Chris Colin Oct 19, 2001
A thousand and one e-mails: The Taliban has declared the Internet un-Islamic, but elsewhere in the Muslim world, going online is one way to avoid the censors.; By Katharine Mieszkowski Oct 12, 2001
What war?: The death of Vietnam's most famous protest singer -- who was abused by authorities both North and South -- inspires historical amnesia.; By Adam Miller Aug 3, 2001
Slim Shady takes a hit from the FCC: By Eric Boehlert; Jun 14, 2001
Censorship High: A 17-year-old takes a stand against a school Web-filtering system that screens out Planned Parenthood but not the Christian Coalition.; By Daniel Silverman Jun 14, 2001
Banning censorship: First Amendment attorney and author Marjorie Heins argues that obscenity laws do children more harm than good.; By Amy Benfer Jun 11, 2001
The morality police: Our hysterical attempts to shield kids from images of sex and violence are stunting young lives -- and trapping us all in a Big Lie.; By Charles Taylor Jun 11, 2001
The porn crusaders: How a small group of media moralists busted Yahoo -- after years of failing to make a dent anywhere else.; By Damien Cave May 11, 2001
Right-wing colleges reject "God is an abortionist" ads: Thrilled to hear David Horowitz's pronouncement that "campus censors are on the run," I try a little free speech of my own -- at Bob Jones U. and other conservative schools.; By David Mazel Apr 27, 2001
The Internet's public enema No. 1: Will Rotten.com -- home of the Web's most gruesome, explicit and utterly tasteless photographs -- ever be kicked offline?; By Janelle Brown Mar 5, 2001
Hip-hop parenting: My son and I have a deal in which profanity begets literacy.; By Linda Specht Feb 8, 2001
Clean scenes: A video watchdog in Utah edits out all the nasty stuff for his Mormon customers.; By Jack Boulware Jan 11, 2001
Fear of a Web planet: Everyone can find some reason to worry that the Internet is "out of control," but what's the alternative?; By Scott Rosenberg Jan 11, 2001
"Politics": An artist who challenged Jesse Helms and George Bush's "decency clause" 10 years ago remembers what it was like to be called the "chocolate smeared young woman."; By Karen Finley Nov 13, 2000
Don't let McCain censor the Net: New legislation that would require the use of filtering software by public libraries is unnecessary and unconstitutional.; By Christopher Hunter Oct 25, 2000
How stupid can an e-mail program be?: Eudora's MoodWatch feature presumes to judge the offensiveness of my language.; By Peter Y. Sussman Oct 24, 2000
Hollywood attacked!: Politicians line up to throw haymakers at showbiz for marketing to kids -- and manage to miss plenty.; By Jake Tapper Sep 14, 2000
Memo to my Hollywood friends: Don't fund the Gore-Lieberman ticket until we get some answers.; By Joe Eszterhas Aug 29, 2000
Joe Lieberman? Get me rewrite!: What seemed like a feel-good summer hit suddenly turns sour.; By Joe Eszterhas Aug 14, 2000
A wrench in the "ruling party machine": By Fiona Morgan; Jul 7, 2000

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