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Why not just ban all the books?

Keyword searches for "justice" and "pride" drive what ideas are being kept from kids

Salon · Jun 20

Trial opens in Miami for 4 men charged in the assassination of Haiti’s ex-president Jovenel Moïse

Prosecutors say greed, arrogance and power were the driving forces behind four men charged in U.S. federal court for the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse

The Independent UK · Mar 10

Shia LaBeouf blames ‘small man complex’ for alleged assaults and homophobic slurs

Transformers film franchise star says ‘big gay people are scary’ to him in interview and he doesn’t want to go to rehab

The Guardian - US · Mar 1

Texas superintendent removed LGBTQ books

The Education Department has opened what appears to be the first-of-its-kind investigation into the district

Salon · Dec 22, 2022

DeSantis-backed school board takeovers

"Our kids' education cannot be left in the hand of extremists," advocate warns

Salon · Dec 1, 2022

How independent bookstores help in the fight against book banning and why it matters

An Atlanta store is one of hundreds of independent booksellers across the country celebrating the freedom to read as schools, universities and public libraries face attempts to ban or restrict books.

WEKU · Sep 24, 2022

Texas bans more books than any state

Across the country, more books have been removed as religious and conservative groups target LGBTQ and race issues

Salon · Sep 19, 2022

School book bans have seen an unprecedented surge this year, a new report says

If you've read a book in one sitting sometime in the last year, chances are another book was banned before you finished it.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 19, 2022

Texas has banned more books than any other state, new report shows

Across the country, more books have been challenged and removed as religious and conservative groups target LGBTQ and race issues.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 19, 2022

Keller school officials order 41 books — including the Bible and an Anne Frank adaptation — off of library shelves

A new policy scraps community recommendations from last fall that some books that had been questioned should remain on shelves.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 16, 2022