Alabama prison officials banned the award-winning book. Will they now stop prisoners from viewing the upcoming PBS documentary based on it, Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II? The PBS broadcast on Monday, February 13, comes in the wake of…
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From Constitutional Law Prof Blog: Most Americans take pride in the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of the press: “Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” However, Reporters Without Borders has ranked the United States 47th in its Press Freedom…
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From Constitutional Law Prof Blog: [Yesterday] the early morning police eviction of protesters from NYC’s Zuccotti park by police officers was quickly followed by a Temporary Restraining Order prohibiting the city from evicting protesters from the park and enforcing rules prohibiting tents and other property. The hearing on that order,…
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