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Censorship
September 28, 2016
Beth Younger
What Makes A Novel Subversive?
One of the most frequently-challenged American books stars a fat protagonist in love.
September 9, 2016
Sukjong Hong
Facebook’s censorship of a historic Vietnam War photo proves human editors trump robots.
November 13, 2015
Sasha Belenky
Stephen Colbert points out that network TV's rules about art and nudity are completely ridiculous.
October 1, 2015
Ethan Gates
In Iran, Turning on a Camera Is An Act of Subversion
April 6, 2015
Sarah Ditum
I Used to Think Being Anti-Porn Meant Being Pro-Censorship. I Was Wrong.
January 11, 2015
Omer Aziz
Editors Who Censor 'Charlie Hebdo' Cartoons Are Stereotyping All Muslims as Extremists
July 25, 2014
Leo Robson
Don’t Read This Book: A History of Literary Censorship
May 12, 2014
Sune Engel Rasmussen
In Hassan Rouhani's Iran, an Indie Rock Band Can Play Once But Not Twice
December 3, 2013
Linda Kinstler
Here's How Chinese Censorship Works
September 16, 1972
The New Republic Staff
The Forgotten Alternate Ending to 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'
April 2, 1930
Perry Hobbs
This Is What It Was Like To Be the Book Censor for All of New England in 1930
"I’ve read more dirty books than any man in New England."
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