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Author
Series
Opinions throughout history volume 16
Publisher
Grey House Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Covers key points and controversies in the history of free speech in the United States.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Drawing on a lifetime of writing about dictatorships and dissidents, Timothy Garton Ash argues that in this connected world that he calls cosmopolis, the way to combine freedom and diversity is to have more but also better free speech. Across all cultural divides we must strive to agree on how we disagree. He draws on a thirteen-language global online project freespeechdebate.com conducted out of Oxford University and devoted to doing just that....
Publisher
MSNBC Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
TO BE DESTROYED follows author Dave Eggers as he meets with students and teachers in the Rapid City, SD school district where his novel, The Circle, was pulled from shelves along with works by Alison Bechdel, Stephen Chbosky, Bernardine Evaristo, and Imbolo Mbue. Through footage of heated school board meetings, community rallies and interviews with locals, we learn how these books were designated "to be destroyed."
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Under the First Amendment, there is little the government can do to limit false information. The only time the government gets involved with false statements is when they are made to officials investigating a crime, made to defraud people for money, or designed to harm a person's reputation. A growing number of scholars are questioning whether the traditional model of countering bad speech with better speech can meet challenges of a digital society...
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Free speech has long been one of American's most revered freedoms, yet now more than ever, free speech is reshaping America's social and political landscape even as it is coming under attack. Cose reveals how this Constitutional right has been co-opted by the wealthy and politically corrupt, when moneyed interests are increasingly controlling political dialogue. In offering an eye-opening wholly original examination of the state of free speech in...
Author
Language
English
Description
As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time-- and has massive shoes to fill. She's been labeled a hoodlum at school, and the fridge at home is empty after her mom loses her job. So Bri pours her anger and frustration into her first song, which goes viral -- for all the wrong reasons. Portrayed by the media as a menace, Bri makes a choice-- and becomes the...
Author
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media, a division of Carson Dellosa Education
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"'It's a free country--I can say whatever I want!' Most Americans agree about the importance of free speech. But many don't understand the scope and limitations of this treasured liberty. Learn about the history, complexities, and conflicts related to free speech rights, from flag-burning to the treatment of hate speech"--Back cover.
13) White
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Combining personal reflection and social observation, Bret Easton Ellis's first work of nonfiction is an incendiary polemic about this young century's failings, e-driven and otherwise, and at once an example, definition, and defense of what 'freedom of speech' truly means. Bret Easton Ellis has wrestled with the double-edged sword of fame and notoriety for more than thirty years now, since Less Than Zero catapulted him into the limelight in 1985,...
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
In this new 2024 high-definition program, learn all about the first amendment of the Bill of Rights and the history of freedom of speech. What does freedom of speech protect? Does it mean we can say whatever we want and not get in trouble? Can private institutions and private companies censor and fire people within their employ that express opinions that conflict with company policy or image? Is hate speech protected under the first amendment?...
Author
Publisher
Dey Street
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Judy Gold, a concise, funny, and thoughtful polemic on the current assault on comedy, that explores how it is undermining free speech and a fundamental attack against the integrity of the art. From Mae West and Lenny Bruce to Richard Pryor and Howard Stern to Kathy Griffith and Kevin Hart, comedians have long been under fire for using provocative, often taboo subjects to challenge mores and get a laugh. But in the age of social media, comedians are...
Author
Publisher
New York University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The Supreme Court has unanimously held that Jackson Pollock's paintings, Arnold Schöenberg's music, and Lewis Carroll's poem "Jabberwocky" are "unquestionably shielded" by the First Amendment. Nonrepresentational art, instrumental music, and nonsense: all receive constitutional coverage under an amendment protecting "the freedom of speech," even though none involves what we typically think of as speech -- the use of words to convey meaning. As a...
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"According to the American Library Association (ALA), there were more attempts to ban books in 2021 than at any time since the group began tracking three decades earlier. The latest, unprecedented wave of book banning is driven mainly by conservative parents and politicians, who are also behind extreme new censorship laws in many states that restrict what teachers and students can read and discuss in the classroom. Free speech defenders say the laws...
18) Folau
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This two-part documentary is the much-anticipated story of one of Australia's most gifted and controversial athletes, and how a social media post landed him at the heart of our culture wars.The two-part documentary FOLAU unpacks the fallout and the polarizing debate around the balance of freedom of speech and religion, and the protection from discrimination for the LGBTQI+ community.
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"'Political correctness' has taken politeness and turned it into a weapon of censorship and intimidation. In the workplace, on social media, and even at the dinner table, Americans are confronted daily with a laundry list of words they're 'not allowed' to say--and that list is updated constantly and without warning. How did so absurd a concept become so dangerous--and come to dominate our public discourse over the last quarter-century? [This book]...traces...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the longtime New York Times reporter, best-selling author, and Pulitzer Prize winner-- an expansive, timely assessment of the state of free speech in America. David Shipler's recent best seller, The Working Poor, cemented his place among our most trenchant social commentators. Now, he turns his keen, illuminating focus to another endangered American ideal: freedom of speech. Through selected accounts of First Amendment invocation and infringement,...
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