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Christopher Finan, executive director of the National Coalition Against Censorship, discussed the history of free speech and current battles over the First Amendment. He was interviewed by P…

Chris Finan provided a history of alcoholism in America; from the 17th century belief that it was a sign of moral weakness to the creation of reform groups in the 19th century and today’s lo…

David Levithan, author of Boy Meets Boy, Coe Booth, author of Kinda Like Brothers, and Meg Medina, author of Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass, talked about their experiences and the impo…

Christopher Finan talked about his book From the Palmer Raids to the Patriot Act: A History of the Fight for Free Speech in America, published by Beacon Press. Christopher Finan traced the h…

Author Christopher Finan talked about his biography of one-time presidential candidate Alfred E. Smith, published by Hill and Wang. Mr. Smith was a four-time governor of New York who lost th…

President of the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression (ABFFE), Christopher Finan, talked about the USA PATRIOT Act and its impact on the bookselling industry. The Act gives fe…

Kramerbooks owners, bookseller representatives and others held a news conference to protest Kenneth Starr’s subpoena of book purchases by Monica Lewinsky. They stated that this violated pers…