censorship Archives - Prism

color photograph of an outdoor protest of mostly Black people who are holding paper signs with slogans like "Black history is U.S. history" and "My life history matters"

Florida advances a bill censoring university DEI, gender studies, and queer studies

by Alexandra Martinez March 20th, 2023March 20th, 2023

The bill is the latest in a series of extreme censorship by conservative state lawmakers

Florida public colleges say DeSantis is censoring their curriculums

by Alexandra Martinez January 24th, 2023January 25th, 2023

A Latinx teacher with long black hair wears a mask while leading a class of elementary school children. She is kneeling by the desk of a Latina student in a grey short-sleeved shirt who wears a pink mask. The teacher holds a light green pen and is writing in the student's book

DeSantis’ education crusade continues despite blockage of Florida’s Stop WOKE Act

by Alexandra Martinez August 29th, 2022August 29th, 2022

From arbitrary judgment calls to material bans, information censorship protects the carceral system at the expense of the incarcerated

Crime, Reform & Abolition

Incarcerated people have few ways to fight back against censorship in prisons

by Tamar Sarai March 23rd, 2022March 23rd, 2022

BIPOC activists consider how to end book bans for good

by Williesha Morris March 8th, 2022March 8th, 2022

Race

What the Central York School District book ban reveals about the modern state of book censorship

by Lakshmi Gandhi September 28th, 2021October 26th, 2021