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Memo: Have they no decency?
Right-wing opinion leaders, media outlets, organizations and even members of Congress are using a troubling new tactic to challenge the legitimacy, allegiances and patriotism of their opponents: a new McCarthyism. Read more
Free Speech in School: Banned Books Between 1990 and 2000, there were 6,364 challenges reported to or recorded by the Office for Intellectual Freedom. Seventy-one percent of the challenges were to materials in schools or school libraries.
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