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Banned book club teaches book banning history
WKYT Lexington· 2 hours agoThe American Library Association reported the number of book titles targeted for censorship increased by 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels ever ...
"Doesn’t feel like a coincidence": John Oliver alarmed over right-wing efforts to censor libraries
Salon via Yahoo News· 11 hours ago"The American Library Association documented efforts to censor over 4,200 unique book titles last...
Why Laphonza Butler is reading banned books out loud on the Senate floor
CQ Politics· 13 hours agoIf you were looking for the book “Sister Outsider” a few years ago at a school in Tennessee, you...
Book bans in California? How lawmakers, book stores defend diverse literature choices
Sacramento Bee via AOL· 15 hours agoThis legislation would also protect material about gender identity, religion, disability, political...
Bill to prevent book bans in public libraries advances to Colorado House
KDVR Denver via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoColorado saw several fights over library book content in 2023, including a fight with the Douglas...
Even the banning of books is bigger in Texas
San Antonio Express-News· 9 hours agoWhen I was young, my parents and I would make weekly trips to the Carnegie Library in Dodge City, Kan. The library, one of the 1,679 public libraries...
Book ban was never a ban but now it's easing. Extremists on both sides, draw a breath.
The Palm Beach Post· 2 days agoUnder the law, an objection triggers a review during which a challenged book must be locked away...
Meet the librarian on the front lines of N.J.’s book banning wars (VIDEO)
NJ.com· 9 hours agoThe librarian at North Hunterdon-Voorhees Regional High School was nationally recognized in 2022 for...
School curriculum, book bans and parents’ rights: Who should decide? | Opinion
Tri-City Herald via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWho decides which books to shelve in a library? What would the decision criteria be? Is one scene or...
What Anne Arundel Co. school board candidates think about book bans
The Baltimore Banner· 6 days agoParents’ efforts to restrict content available to students in school libraries has become a...
