Author Discussion on Free Expression
Authors Roxane Gay and Luis Alberto Urrea talked about the threats they perceive to free expression in America. This event was part of the 2023 Texas Book Festival in Austin.
221 viewsAuthors Roxane Gay and Luis Alberto Urrea talked about the threats they perceive to free expression in America. This event was part of the 2023 Texas Book Festival in Austin.
221 viewsRobert F. Kennedy Jr. said he is not antisemitic or “anti-vax” while defending himself against Democrats who argued his comments related to the COVID-19 pandemic had been perceived as racist…
44,104 viewsAfter the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Weaponization of the Federal Government’s hearing on censorship and free speech, Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) briefly spoke to the press. When asked abou…
2,581 viewsRobert F. Kennedy Jr. said he is not antisemitic or “anti-vax” while defending himself against Democrats who argued his comments related to the COVID-19 pandemic had been perceived as racist…
13,149 viewsMoms for Liberty’s Tina Descovich and National Coalition Against Censorship’s Nora Pelizzari discussed efforts by some parent groups to review and possibly remove books that are considered t…
1,587 viewsEric Berkowitz provided a history of censorship and how it has impacted societies around the world. This was a virtual event hosted by Book Passage Bookstore in Corte Madera, California.
517 viewsDavid Levithan, author of Two Boys Kissing, Coe Booth, author of Kinda Like Brothers, and Ariel Schrag, author of Stuck in the Middle, talked about banned books.
634 viewsAlison Kibler talked about the history of hate speech and censorship in America. She spoke about images of Irish Americans and African Americans used in popular culture as well as the backla…
957 viewsPanelists talked about books that have been challenged because of the race, ethnicity, religion, or sexual preference of their characters. Panelists included Charles Brownstein of Comic Book…
1,125 viewsSeamus Hughes, deputy director of George Washington University’s Program on Extremism, and Alberto Fernandez, who previously headed up the State Department’s counter-messaging campaign again…
720 viewsMark Toner briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a variety of topics after a special briefing on the annual State Department terrorism report. Mr. Toner acknowledged that som…
92 viewsHeadlines from the day’s newspapers were read and telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question: “Facebook: ‘Suppressing’ Conservative News?” The question was inspired by all…
499 viewsLuther Campbell talked about his book The Book of Luke: My Fight for Truth, Justice, and Liberty City, in which he talks about his involvement in the hip-hop group 2 Live Crew and the obscen…
1,007 viewsMartha Bayles talked by remote video from Boston about her book, Through a Screen Darkly: Popular Culture, Public Diplomacy, and America’s Image Abroad, in which she argues that the ideas of…
530 viewsNext on American History TV, a discussion on World War II reporting and censorship, and the experience of Associated Press reporter Ed Kennedy. Kennedy was fired in 1945 after he defied a m…
435 viewsIranian author Mahmoud Dowlatabadi talked about the struggle to publish even non-politically motivated books in Iran (where he still lives) and the banning of his work by Iranian authorities…
1,341 viewsTelephone lines were open for comments on a new Google study that found the U.S. was number one on its list of countries that asked the search engine company to censor content.
718 viewsRebecca MacKinnon argues that Internet users' rights are being infringed upon by governments and corporations. The author points to the changes in Facebook’s privacy policies and the demands…
424 viewsA portion of this program contains language that some may find offensive. Authors and journalists participated in a panel to debate the impact of communism on the film industry at the 2005 L…
1,260 viewsIn his book The Net Delusion: The Dark Side of Internet Freedom Evgeny Morozov, contributing editor to Foreign Policy, argues that the Internet may do less to democratize states and more to…
585 views