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Librarians Could Be Jailed or Fined Under Proposed Censorship Law
A proposed bill in Missouri penalizes librarians who make “age-inappropriate sexual material” available to children.
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Sentenced to Shut Up: To Protect Free Expression, Curb Prison Censorship
Prisons and jails saddle people with senseless restrictions on their ability to speak, write, and receive information.
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Anatomy of Banning a Worldview
Tucson schools banned books, shut down the Raza studies department and colluded with Arizona to attempt to ban a purportedly
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Persepolis Publisher Responds to Chicago Public School Ban
Publishers respond to the recent banning of Marjane Satrapiu2019s novel Persepolis, a coming of age tale set in conservative Iran.