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This text explores the history and current status of women members and staff on Capitol Hill -- tracing the difficult history of women in Congress, their slow and painful path to political power, and their hopes and fears of today.

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Students of media, journalism, and social issues classes will use this book to identify ten of the most controversial issues facing the media profession today. Topics include the ever-increasing monopolistic control of the media by conglomerates, tabloid journalism and its impact on the news, the paparazzi, plagiarism, and Internet censorship. Foerstel presents the history of each controversy, important media personalities, and relevant legisl...

The most respected reference work on book censorship in schools and public libraries has been completely revised, updated, and expanded.

This easy-to-use core reference takes on the biggest issue of our day: freedom of speech in post-9/11 America. No issue is more important to Americans-and especially to librarians-than the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act is one of the longest, broadest, most sweeping pieces of legislation in American history. It introduced a vast edifice of domestic surveillance that has defined the post-9/11 world. But the legislation itself is so massive and te...