Universal Studio's animated film The Lorax opens in theaters on March 2. Environmentalists and people who care about children are already outraged -- with good reason. For more than forty years, the Dr. Seuss classic has been a clarion call for reducing consumption and promoting conservation. But the book's eloquent...

Back by popular demand: The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood's 3rd annual TOADY Award. Who will win this year's dreaded TOADY? It's up to you! Check out the nominees below and then click here to cast your vote.

Each year, the Toy Industry Association of America presents its...

You probably don't need another reason not to see the latest version of the Footloose, which opens in theaters this Friday. After all, do we really need to remake every piece of pop culture for which we have the slightest tinge of nostalgia? If you liked the original, it's easy...

If you're one of the 5.5 million students in a school with Channel One News, you have to watch ads every day as part of your taxpayer-funded class time. And one thing you'll see is ads for websites operated by Channel One's parent company, Alloy Media and Marketing....

A new study from researchers at the University of Virginia finds that watching SpongeBob SquarePants has a negative influence on preschoolers' executive functioning. Children who watched nine minutes of the show scored significantly worse on assessments designed to measure memory and problem-solving skills than children who watched a...

Scholastic, the nation's largest purveyor of school-based book clubs and book fairs, bills itself as the "most trusted name in learning."

But lately the company has come under fire for its "InSchool Marketing" division -- a program that cashes-in on this trusted name by allowing corporations to create teaching materials...

Have you done your Earth Day shopping yet? Between greeting cards, jewelry, mugs, and teddy bears commemorating the day, its roots in environmental activism have all but been forgotten. Now corporations use Earth Day to sell us on the belief that we can buy our way into ecological sustainability. We...