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Jodie Picoult: 'It's not a badge of honour to have books banned'
BBC News· 1 hour agoBestselling American author Jodi Picoult has said “the loss of free speech is a very, very slippery...
25 of America's most unexpectedly banned books
The Week via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoMid-1960s: 'Harriet the Spy' by Louise Fitzhugh "Harriet the Spy" was banned from shelves because its titular character is, well, a spy. Some schools...
New Tennessee law on banning obscene book content sparks controversy, legal concerns
Fox 17 Nashville· 10 hours agoSome people say a law designed to protect children will have unintended consequences. Under the law,...
It's now illegal for Minnesota libraries to ban LGBTQ+ books under this new law
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 13 hours agoThere were 4,349 instances of book bans in the first half of the 2023-2024 school year — more than...
A case for banning book bans
Washington State Standard via Yahoo News· 9 hours agoSmut and libraries may have saved my life. As much as anyone can say for certain that a particular moment or small series of events had a profound,...
Pastors' group demands Valley schools remove 'inappropriate' books
Tribune via AOL· 22 hours agoMay 23—HARLINGEN — A pastors' group is standing behind a new state law and is requesting Rio Grande Valley school boards remove a list of books they describe as containing ...
Independent booksellers continued to expand in 2023, with more than 200 new stores opening
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul· 13 hours agoThree years ago, Erin Decker was a middle school librarian in Kissimmee, Florida, increasingly...
Mychal Threets is on a mission to spread ‘library joy’ to counter record book bans
NBC Universal via AOL· 1 day ago“When we challenge books or ban them,” he said, “we eliminate opportunities for people to find out...
Classroom cellphone rules and a ban on book bans: What school bills passed in Minnesota
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWith deficits looming, Minnesota's school districts brought their arguments for new funding to the...
Doug Emhoff at NYC event: Book banning ‘erodes our democracy’
The Advocate· 1 day agoThe event included high school and college students and featured remarks from the Biden...
