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Azzi: Wake up to Woke this Presidents' Day
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year ago"If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you don't do that," Roberto Clemente said,...
Gov. Ron DeSantis scoffs at concerns about GOP law that led school to ban Roberto Clemente biography
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis Tuesday dismissed concerns that a new Republican law forced a school library to ban a book about Puerto Rican baseball star Roberto Clemente’s battles with racism.
Florida’s education chief has books to recommend. ‘Heather Has Two Mommies’ didn’t make the cut |...
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFlorida’s now known as the book-banning state. But that does not mean state leaders don’t want...
Five Best: Sports Biographies
The Wall Street Journal· 2 days agoBOOKSHELF Seabiscuit By Laura Hillenbrand (1999) 1. Seabiscuit, a small, bow-legged racehorse, captured the hearts of Americans during the depths of the...
A ‘joke:’ Gov. DeSantis considers tweaks to Florida law to speed up review process of school books
WJAX via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDeSantis doubled down on the critique of DCPS, calling the multi-month review for a book a “joke”, saying the issue takes only minutes. Over 1.6 million titles are being reviewed.
The Next Chapter In The Battle Of The Books: Librarians
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 3 months agosanjeri via Getty Images Not long ago, scholars, bibliophiles, publishers and reportersfretted over...
DeSantis Calls Book Bans a Hoax, Brags About Banning Books
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis called accusations his administration banned books a “hoax.” However, he...
Book ban attempts hit record high in 2022, library org says
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAttempted book bans and restrictions at school and public libraries continue to surge, setting a...
Tramel's ScissorTales: Why OU-Texas is a bigger get for SEC than USC-UCLA for the Big Ten
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSoutheastern Conference commissioner Greg Sankey made an off-hand, but on-point, comment the other...
Barbara Mezeske: The Library: A 21st-century battleground
The Holland Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAre you old enough to remember "The Music Man?" In that play, lovestruck Harold Hill serenades...
