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Students in Texas Form Book Clubs to Counter Far Right Bans
“Why do we have to remove books … for the sake of white people's comfort?” one student asked.
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From Banning Books to Burning Them, the Right Is Threatening Education
The cathedral silence of libraries is being replaced with the sound of furious screaming and the smell of burned pages.
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“All Boys Aren’t Blue” Has Been Targeted for Removal in at Least 15 States
The book deals with homophobia, transphobia and racism, and is the latest text conservatives aim to ban from schools.
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As the Right Censors Public Libraries, Families Are Forming Banned Book Clubs
Right-wing groups are limiting student access to books about race, gender and sexuality.
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North Carolina District Bans Book on Racism After Just 1 Parent Complains
The ban comes as a right-wing campaign to ban books on social justice issues sweeps schools across the country.
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District That Banned LGBTQ Books Relents After Pressure From Students, ACLU
The North Kansas City School District had sought to ban books by Alison Bechdel and George M. Johnson but backed down.
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Librarians Resist Bans on Children’s Books with Black, LGBTQ+ Authors
Librarians are defending their book collections, shaping policy and even resigning in protest.
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GOP’s Banning of Books and Attack on Teachers Expose the Party’s Rising Fascism
The Republican Party makes clear that educational practices that inform and liberate are a threat to its politics.
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Efforts to Ban Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” Are at Center of Virginia Governor Race
GOP candidate Glenn Youngkin released a political ad featuring a white mother who advocated banning the book in schools.
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Texas Lawmaker Demands Schools Tell Him If They Have Books on Race, Sexuality
Critics have decried Republican State Rep. Matt Krause's crusade against school libraries as a campaign tactic.