In This Issue:

FBI misused PATRIOT Act

Newbery winner provokes controversy

Sports Illustrated decides libraries don’t

need swimsuit issue

ALA President testifies on EPA library closings

ALA, others condemn censorship of global warming science

SMU pressed to fight Bush secrecy

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, periodicals, art, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, Internet, schools, colleges and universities, newspapers, government spying

is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, protest, access to information, national security, privacy, Internet

success stories: libraries, schools

In This Issue:

closure of federal libraries angers scientists

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

ALA criticizes Justice Dept. on libraries and privacy

campus speech codes

Carter appearance sparks debate

movement to ban “nigger” grows

panel holds initial meeting

Iraq’s national library closes

FBI releases last Lennon files

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, Internet, art, foreign

from the bench: school, broadcasting, copyright, defamation

is it legal?: libraries, colleges and universities, Internet, government secrecy, privacy

success stories: libraries, schools, government secrecy

In This Issue:

COPA challenge in judge’s hands

U.S. rank on press freedom slides lower

yes, please offend me

ETS accused of suppressing research

Krug to lead PBK

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, broad-casting, speakers, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, speech, terrorism, student press, Internet, video games

is it legal?: libraries, schools, protest, terrorism, PATRIOT Act, colleges and universities, broadcasting, child pornography

success stories: libraries, schools, etc.

In This Issue:

ALA wins free speech award

Library Connection court records released

PATRIOT Act Challenge to proceed

EPA begins closing libraries

Education Department mined student records

teens support First Amendment protections for media

Leonard Levy

Conable Award to recognize commitment to intellectual freedom

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, foreign

from the bench: library, wiretapping, secrecy, colleges and universities, broadcasting, press freedom, material witnesses

is it legal?: library, schools, colleges and universities, broadcasting, Internet, PATRIOT Act, privacy, copyright

success stories: libraries, schools, colleges and universities

In This Issue:

nothing but the facts

John Does speak

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

Colorado begins process to fire Churchill

in review: Censoring Culture

flag amendment narrowly fails

another public broadcasting battle

Caywood named to FTRF honor roll

censorship dateline: libraries, Internet, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, schools, colleges and universities, privacy, film and video

is it legal?: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, “state secrets,” broadcasting, Internet, privacy

success stories: libraries, university, foreign

In This Issue:

Connecticut librarians ungagged

Bush PATRIOT Act signing criticized

FBI seeks journalist’s archive

FBI says journalists’ records can be searched

Gonzales says journalist prosecutions possible

Al-Arian reaches deal

AAUP supports campus speakers

scientists charge government gagging

NSA rejected legal phone surveillance system

report on Internet filters

2006 Muzzle Awards

2006 Hefner Awards

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, periodicals, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, National Security Letters, schools, colleges and universities, harassment

is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, Internet, telecommunications, broadcasting, access to information

success stories: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, etc.

In This Issue:

It’s Perfectly Normal tops most challenged list

Bush signs PATRIOT Act renewal

Connecticut librarian still John Doe

opponents of “academic bill of rights” form coalition

holocaust denier imprisoned

Cuban scholars barred again

EPA to close library network and catalog

clergy supports evolution

Madison Award

PEN/Newman’s Own Award

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, broadcasting, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, government surveillance, Internet, publishing

is it legal?: libraries, government surveillance, government secrecy, colleges and universities, church and state, newspapers, political expression

success stories: library, schools, colleges and universities

In This Issue:

ALA opposes PATRIOT Act compromise

violence in Mideast over Danish cartoon

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

library insists FBI provide warrant

John Doe, employer win IF award

Google defies DOJ search demand

U.S. assailed over rights of terror suspects

UCLA alum pulls offer to buy lecture tapes

fair use threatened

spy court judge quits in protest

“little red book,” big fat lie

Frank Wilkinson remembered

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, film, broadcasting, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities

is it legal?: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, political expression and government eavesdropping, Internet, access to information, copyright, trademark

success stories: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, trademark, art

In This Issue:

PATRIOT Act agreement under fire

library search provision reversed

Pennsylvania voters oust school board

overzealous filters hinder research

RI libraries ease Internet restrictions

more gay-themed books targeted

California library compromises on filters

CPB ex-chair removed from board

administration involved in “covert propaganda”

compromise on Internet control

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, university, periodicals, broadcasting, art, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, church and state, colleges and universities, Internet, video games, protest

is it legal?: libraries, church and state, evolution and “intelligent design,” political expression, government surveillance, colleges and universities, copyright, broadcasting, Internet, recordings, video games

success stories: school, publishing, government

In This Issue:

FBI probes library records

ALA files amicus in NSL challenge

ALA report on law enforcement activity in libraries

poll suggests information shrinks PATRIOT Act support

religion and intellectual freedom

tiny trackers

Pres. Bush: schools should teach “intelligent design”

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, publishing, government, broadcasting, galleries and museums, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities

is it legal?: libraries, church and state, schools, colleges and universities, broadcasting, broadband, access to information, privacy, video games, copyright, obscenity and pornography

success stories: libraries, retail

In This Issue:

intellectual freedom: a casualty of war?

protecting anonymity on the Internet

House votes to limit PATRIOT Act’s Section 215

libraries say officials do make inquiries

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

House backs ban on flag desecration

university presidents support academic freedom

academic groups’ statement on rights and freedoms

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, newspaper, video game, etc., foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, student press, freedom of the press

is it legal?: libraries, colleges and universities, Internet, protest, PATRIOT Act, science

success stories: libraries, schools, publishing

In This Issue:

Judge rejects Google book settlement

Book banners find power in numbers

Facebook, Twitter absent from free speech pact

Creationists try new tactics

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, college, art, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, colleges and universities, libel

is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, religious freedom, government surveillance

success stories: libraries, university

In This Issue:

most frequently challenged books of 2004

coalition forms to combat PATRIOT Act

Freedom to Read Protection Act reintroduced

government secrecy rose in 2004

journalists push for open government

El Segundo finds authors too un-American

news or government propaganda?

Nixon Library cancels Vietnam conference

Hays Library to receive Immroth Award

in review: Encyclopedia of Civil Liberties in America

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, film, broadcasting, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, press freedom, Internet, broadcasting, child pornography

is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, CIA, political expression, broadcasting, cable television, Internet, video games, obscenity, libel

success stories: libraries, colleges and universities, broadcasting

In This Issue:

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

Gordon Conable

Krug to receive doctorate

Downs Award winner

banned books in Texas

First Amendment in high schools

ALA begins USA PATRIOT Act study

evolution in classroom retreat

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, college, books, broadcasting, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, Internet, obscenity

is it legal?: libraries, schools, church and state, universities, war on terror, publishing, broadcasting, Internet, recordings, video games, access to information, privacy

success stories: libraries, schools

Censored 2005

In This Issue:

ALA renews call for privacy protection

anti-evolution teachings gain

Candace Morgan honored

annual privacy report

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, colleges and universities, government publications, books, broadcasting, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, protest, press freedom, universities, copyright, Internet

is it legal?: libraries, schools, publishing, church and state, broadcasting, access to information, homeland security, colleges and universities, privacy, prisoner’s rights

success stories: library

In This Issue:

ALA, book community submit petitions

“most censored” stories of 2003–04

Bush forms civil liberties board

FSM returns to Berkeley

FBI trailed Savio

prize for Judy Blume

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, scholarly exchange, broadcasting, art, etc., foreign

from the bench: PATRIOT Act, political protest, access to information, colleges and universities, publishing, newspapers, Internet, child pornography

is it legal?: libraries, schools, intelligence gathering, political protest, Internet

success stories: libraries, broadcasting

In This Issue:

FBI documents confirm ALA PATRIOT Act concerns

“Alice” series tops 2003 most challenged list

support of First Amendment back to pre-9/11 level

censorship of the written word

tiny trackers

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

effort to limit PATRIOT Act falls short

ALA to monitor filter implementation

in review: Operation Hollywood

IFRT presents awards

film ratings more lenient

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, university, publishing, Las Vegas, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, colleges and universities, broadcasting, protest, prior restraint, video games, shopping malls, art

is it legal?: libraries, church and state, broadcasting, colleges and universities, copyright

success stories: Internet, book burning, political protest

In This Issue:

Bush moves to renew PATRIOT Act

archivist nominee stirs opposition

secret warrant requests up in 2003

Moore film finds distributor

TV and radio watch language

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, newspapers, broadcasting, prison, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, PATRIOT Act, church and state, Internet, signs at demonstrations, signs in yards, vulgar language

is it legal?:schools, student press, universities, newspapers, church and state, protest, broadcasting, Internet, copyright, privacy

success stories: libraries, privacy

In This Issue:

million signatures sought

most challenged of 2003

RFID raises questions

scientists say administration distorts facts

Charles Levendosky

James Madison Award

Eli Oboler Memorial Award

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press,periodicals, broadcasting, cable TV, Internet,foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, privacy, university, Internet

is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, access to information, publishing, broadcasting, privacy

success stories: libraries, schools, student press

In This Issue:

Bush wants PATRIOT Act renewed

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

Downs Award winners

CDT releases proposed filter guidelines

almanacs may aid terrorists

ACLU files UN complaint on 9/11 detainees

historians defend free discussion

in review: Religious Expression and the American Constitution and Christianity and the Mass Media in America

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, political art, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, schools, war on terror, Internet, freedom to demonstrate

is it legal?: library, schools, church and state, access to information, freedom to demonstrate, privacy and surveillance, broadcasting, Internet, copyright, harmful to minors

success stories: school

In This Issue:

ALA President’s statement

FBI snoops on antiwar rallies

Congress to override FCC

library filter report available

“digital divide” persists

NTIA releases report on filtering

in review: The War on the Bill of Rights and the Gathering Resistance and In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America’s Bill of Rights

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, student press, books, art

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, telemarketing, press freedom, illegal detention, privacy

is it legal?: libraries, schools, parody and satire, broadcasting, copyright, privacy, etc.

success stories: libraries, broadcasting

In This Issue:

Ashcroft attacks librarians

statement from ALA President

ALA seeks public input on homeland security information

California survey reveals FBI visited 16 libraries

settlement in Minneapolis

most censored stories of 2002–03

ACLU challenges PATRIOT Act

PATRIOT Act used to pursue non-terror crimes

Bush urges wider anti-terrorism powers

Senate votes to repeal new media rules

261 lawsuits filed on music sharing

Internet censorship hits ‘all-time high’

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, periodicals, Internet, art, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, libraries, church and state, university, protest, broadcasting, Internet, commercial speech, zoning

is it legal?: libraries, schools, colleges and universities, protest, privacy, online piracy, libel, obscenity

success stories: schools

In This Issue:

Supreme Court upholds CIPA

ALA responds to CIPA decision

FCC issues order on CIPA implementation

Rep. Sanders speaks to ALA Conference

IFC report to ALA Council

FTRF report to ALA Council

report on PATRIOT Act alleges rights violations

in review: The Words We Live By

censorship dateline: schools, colleges and universities, publishing, art, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, church and state, Internet, student press, terrorism, television, video games, abortion, etc.

is it legal?: terrorism, Internet, schools, colleges and universities, broadcasting, flag burning, etc.

success stories: schools

AAUP rebukes U. of S. Florida

support for basic freedoms returning

In This Issue:

spying under PATRIOT Act disclosed

library, book groups decry PATRIOT Act

impact of PATRIOT Act on free expression

“a chill wind is blowing . . .”

surveillance technology widely disseminated

opening McCarthy’s files

Jefferson “Muzzles” announced

bookseller reveals secret title

censorship dateline: libraries, colleges and universities, student press, baseball, periodicals

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, student press, university, Internet

is it legal?: libraries, universities, church and state, press freedom, publishing, copyright, video games

success stories: library, university, police surveillance

Michael Moore donates to ALA Spectrum Initiative

Chmara named to FTRF Honor Roll

SIRS state and regional achievement award

Pipkin and Lent win Immroth Award

In This Issue:

freedom to read act introduced

corporatization constricting radio

scholars warn of threats to academic freedom

editors and scientists caution on publishing

ALA Resolution on USA PATRIOT Act

libraries warn of FBI spying

Vatican supports Harry Potter

Al-Jazeera wins anti-censorship award

censorship dateline: libraries, schools, universities, poetry, broadcasting, t-shirt, Internet, art, foreign

from the bench: U.S. Supreme Court, freedom of assembly, church and state, Internet, newspaper, elections

is it legal?: libraries, schools, universities, press freedom, secrecy and surveillance, child pornography

success stories: libraries, broadcasting, university, art, foreign