Censorship

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September 22, 2025
From Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension to new Pentagon media rules, the president’s latest moves draw bipartisan concern about censorship.
Maryland Governor Wes Moore, theGrio.com
February 26, 2024
In the absence of congressional action, Dem governors are on the frontlines in the battle over the teachings of race…
February 19, 2023
A review of new editions of Dahl’s books shows that some passages relating to weight, mental health, gender and race…
February 9, 2023
Hillcrest High School students told WBMA-TV they were allegedly ordered to omit key moments such as slavery and the civil rights…
Jamaica Flag
October 14, 2022
Jamaica’s broadcasting regulator has banned music and TV broadcasts deemed to glorify or promote criminal activity, violence, drug use, scamming…
World Premiere Of Disney and Pixar's “Luca”
March 10, 2022
According to a new letter from Pixar employees, Disney has censored "nearly every moment of overtly gay affection" in its…
February 27, 2022
The Wentzville School Board has reversed its ban of "The Bluest Eye" one month after voting to remove it from…
February 16, 2022
The beloved 'Reading Rainbow' host addressed the current censorship battle in a skit for 'The Daily Show with Trevor Noah'
February 4, 2022
Bestselling author George M. Johnson offers insights on the political long game behind book bans and how to fight them.
George M. Johnson All Boys Aren't Blue
November 15, 2021
George M. Johnson says push to remove "All Boys Aren't Blue" from libraries is erasure driven by anti-queerness and anti-Blackness.
Bentlee and Rodney Herbert
May 9, 2021
Two boys from Oklahoma were pulled out of class for wearing Black Lives Matter shirts. One of them experienced bullying,…
Bernie Sanders
March 25, 2021
Senator Bernie Sanders said on The Ezra Klein Show that he did not “feel comfortable” about Donald Trump being banned…
Twitter University posts thegrio.com
March 7, 2021
Many Republicans protest the deletion of political and religious statements, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
prison thegrio.com
May 21, 2019
The ACLU is faced with fighting what is believed to be censorship in the state's prison system when a particular…
Hannibal Burress thegrio.com
March 19, 2018
It seems that a joke about child molestation and sexual abuse in the Catholic church didn’t sit well with the…
July 8, 2015
theGRIO REPORT - Chrissy Teigen has posted another revealing picture to Instagram, but this time, it's of her husband, John…
April 27, 2015
theGrio REPORT - Cultural appropriation may go unpunished stateside - but in Russia it's landed three young women behind bars.
January 31, 2014
OPINION - Does a bare breast really hurt anyone? It wasn’t a live sex act in front of school children.…
April 11, 2013
BEIJING (AP) — 'Django Unchained' became 'Django Unscreened' on Thursday as Quentin Tarantino's violent slave-revenge saga was pulled from Chinese…
April 9, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - The firestorm has singed the 37-year-old rapper at the moment, but any long-term consequences appear slim according…