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Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xx, 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Description
The freedom to think what you want and to say what you think has always generated a pushback of regulation and censorship. This raises the thorny question: to what extent does free speech actually endanger speech protection? This book examines today's calls for speech legislation and places it into historical perspective, using fascinating examples from the past 200 years, to explain the historical context of laws regulating speech. Over time, the...
Author
Series
Word$ volume 1
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
392 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Description
In a world where every word and gesture is copyrighted and individuals are charged for speech, Speth Jime chooses to never speak again, inspiring others to follow in her footsteps and sparking a revolution.
Author
Publisher
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
194 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Examines how free speech in the United States has been corrupted by the politically powerful and how the contemporary landscape of social media and social polarization have eroded the safeguards built into the Constitution to protect speech.
Author
Publisher
Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
ix, 354 pages ; 24 cm
Description
"Rand Paul, U.S. senator for Kentucky and America's most prominent libertarian, makes a case against socialist ideology, showing the impact of its deadly legacy and the threat of its new rise in America"--
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
514 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Often hailed as the "first freedom," free speech is the bedrock of democracy, the enemy of tyranny, and the gateway to enlightenment. Research reveals a strong correlation between freedom of speech and democracy, innovation, and advancements in human rights, as well as reductions in conflict, corruption, and discrimination. But for all its benefits, free speech remains a challenging, controversial, and often counterintuitive principle, easily subject...
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
x, 212 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm
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
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xii, 142 pages ; 22 cm
Description
From the president of Wesleyan University, a compassionate and provocative manifesto on the crises confronting higher education In this bracing book, Michael S. Roth stakes out a pragmatist path through the thicket of issues facing colleges today to carry out the mission of higher education. With great empathy, candor, subtlety, and insight, Roth offers a sane approach to the noisy debates surrounding affirmative action, political correctness, and...
Author
Publisher
ReferencePoint Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
64 p. ;
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...
10) Ahed's knee
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Feeling the stress from the imminent loss of his terminally ill mother, a middle-aged, controversial filmmaker (Avshalom Pollak) ruefully headed to Arava for a government-sponsored chalk talk about his latest work. Asked to sign a waiver regarding no-go areas of discussion, his pent-up frustrations-with the circumstances of his nation, as well as his own-will boil over to stunning effect.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
288 pages ; cm
Description
"Practical Equality is an original and compelling book on the intersection of law and society. Tsai, a leading expert on constitutional law who has written widely in the popular press, traces challenges to equality throughout American history: from the oppression of emancipated slaves after the Civil War to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II to President Trump's ban on Muslim travelers. He applies lessons from these and other...
12) The Cruisers
Author
Series
Cruisers volume 1
Formats
Description
Friends Zander, Kambui, LaShonda, and Bobbi, caught in the middle of a mock Civil War at DaVinci Academy, learn the true cost of freedom of speech when they use their alternative newspaper, The Cruiser, to try to make peace.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Continuum
Pub. Date
2021
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
"In The Madness of Crowds Douglas Murray investigates the dangers of 'woke' culture and the rise of identity politics. In lively, razor-sharp prose he examines the most controversial issues of our moment: sexuality, gender, technology and race, with interludes on the Marxist foundations of 'wokeness', the impact of tech and how, in an increasingly online culture, we must relearn the ability to forgive. One of the few writers who dares to counter the...
14) On the come up
Author
Series
Appears on list
Description
When sixteen-year-old Bri, an aspiring rapper, pours her anger and frustration into her first song, she finds herself at the center of a controversy.
Author
Formats
Description
"It's a free country! But what does that mean? The five liberties protected by the First Amendment are explained here in catchy, engaging rhymes. Vivid, kid-friendly examples demonstrate the meaning of freedom of religion, speech, and the press, and the rights to assemble peacefully and to petition the government"--
17) No safe spaces
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Formats
Description
NO SAFE SPACE contends that identity politics and the suppression of free speech are spreading into every part of society and threatening to divide America.
18) Reportero
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Follows a veteran reporter and his colleagues at Zeta, a Tijuana-based independent newsweekly, as they stubbornly ply their trade in one of the deadliest places in the world for members of the media. As the drug war intensifies and the risks to journalists become greater, will the free press be silenced?
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