Catherine Sevcenko on Academic Freedom

Marjorie Heins’ Priests of Our
Democracy 
chronicles New York City’s efforts to root out
Communist Party members and sympathizers from the public schools in
the 1940s and ’50s. As Heins notes in her book—and as Catherine
Sevcenko stresses in her review—restrictions on academic
freedom are still with us today. By delving into the damage this
censorship causes, Heins reminds us why freedom of expression,
especially on campuses, is so vitally important.