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US Fascism Is Spreading Under the Guise of “Patriotic Education”
Republicans are rallying behind racist pedagogy as an organizing principle.
Florida School District Bans Graphic Novel Version of Anne Frank’s Diary
The right-wing group that requested the ban plans to seek the removal of around 250 additional titles in the district.
The Right Wing Is Waging a Dirty War Against History and Education
In the contemporary U.S., an authoritarian politics of disappearance manifests in new ways every week.
Missouri GOP Seeks to Eliminate All Funding for Public Libraries in State Budget
Missouri Republicans’ proposal may violate the state constitution.
Haymarket Books Will Provide Free Black History E-Books to Florida Students
Books are "dangerous to those in power.... that's why we publish them," Haymarket Books said in a press release.
2 Florida School Districts Order Teachers to Cover or Remove Books in Classrooms
Florida is becoming "a laboratory of fascism," one critic noted in response to the book bans.
Florida Teachers Cover Books in Classrooms Over Fear of Anti-“WOKE” Laws
The new law is "a very scary attack on fundamental rights," one educator noted.
As the Public Focuses on Book Bans, the Right Is Quietly Defunding Libraries
To protect libraries, we need to fight defunding as hard as we fight book bans.
North Dakota Anti-LGBTQ Bill Would Imprison Librarians for Not Removing Books
"We stand opposed to censorship," the North Dakota Library Association said in a statement against the proposal.
School Librarians Are in the Crosshairs of Right-Wing Book Banners and Censors
Right-wing groups are escalating efforts to remove books that address race, gender and sexuality from school libraries.