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Restore school libraries to aid reading freedom
Monday, October 6th, 2025
via New York Daily News (New York)It's Banned Book Week, and New York City is not immune from ever-increasing attempts to curtail freedom of speech and ban books. Recognizing this threat, in June the Legislature passed The Freedom …
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
DC Public Library hops on ‘The Banned Wagon’ for Banned Books Week 2025
Sunday, October 5th, 2025
via WTOP (District of Columbia)Concerned residents joined the line outside the West End Neighborhood Library in D.C. on Sunday to pick up a banned book.
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The 15 most banned books in U.S. schools
Sunday, October 5th, 2025
via NBC New York (New York)"A Clockwork Orange," "Last Night at the Telegraph Club" and "Wicked" are among the most banned books of the 2024-2025 school year.
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Literary pick for week of Oct. 5: National Banned Books Week
Sunday, October 5th, 2025
via Pioneer Press (Minnesota)National Banned Books Week begins Sunday.
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Commentary: National politicians have squandered our trust. Floridians are paying the price
Sunday, October 5th, 2025
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)Trust in government is collapsing, but can be averted when citizens take key responsibilities into their own hands, writes Maitland's former mayor.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Texas L.G.B.T.Q. Teenagers and Families Navigate a Public School Clampdown
Sunday, October 5th, 2025
via The New York Times (Iowa)Under a new state law, public schools can no longer sponsor gay and gender clubs or 'assist' with transitioning, but implementation appears to be varying by the politics of the districts.
School Board – General, Book Bans
PEN America releases list of most banned books in the U.S.
Saturday, October 4th, 2025
via Ventura County Star (California)PEN America releases its most banned books of the 2024-25 school year.
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Judge dismisses West Michigan school critic’s free-speech lawsuit
Saturday, October 4th, 2025
via MLive (Michigan)A judge rejected Stefanie Boone's contention that Lowell Area Schools violated her free-speech rights.
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
‘Good humans, not just good students’: A day in the life of SD’s teacher of the year
Friday, October 3rd, 2025
via Mitchell Republic (South Dakota)Avon educator celebrates small, public education in new role
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Stephen King named most banned author in US schools
Friday, October 3rd, 2025
via KXAN (Texas)Some 87 titles among King's oeuvre, which includes 'The Stand,' 'It' and 'The Shining,' were banned 206 times during the school year.
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Escambia School Board wins ‘And Tango Makes Three’ book ban challenge
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)The Escambia County lawsuit alleged the book was targeted for its depictions of same-sex parents raising a child.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Florida again leads U.S. in book bans in 2024-25, free speech group says
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
via Sun Sentinel (Florida)The Sunshine State topped PEN America's list for the third straight year, as it tallied more than 2,300 instances of book removals.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Federal judge backs removal of penguin children’s book by Florida school board
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)'And Tango Makes Three,' which tells the story of two male penguins who raised a penguin chick, has become a prominent part of a debate in recent years about removing or restricting access to books…
School Board – General, Book Bans
Book censorship in US schools has become ‘rampant and common’, free speech advocates warn
Thursday, October 2nd, 2025
via The Palm Beach Post (Florida)Since July 2021, PEN America has documented more than 22,800 cases of book bans across 45 states and 451 public school districts.
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New report on book bans reveals the most banned author in the US
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
via The Post-Standard (New York)Some 80% of those bans originated in just three states.
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What is Banned Books Week?
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
via 12News (Arizona)The theme for Banned Books Week 2025 is "Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights." Here's what you need to know ahead of the annual celebration.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Stephen King is the most banned author in U.S. schools, PEN report says
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
via Spectrum News (New York)Texas, Florida and Tennessee make up 80% of banned books across the U.S.
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How power is won and held, in New Hampshire and the nation • New Hampshire Bulletin
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
via The New Hampshire Bulletin (New Hampshire)Several decades ago, Republican campaign consultant Lee Atwater described how, as The Nation put it, 'Republicans can win the vote of racists without sounding racist themselves.' Atwater outlined the 'Southern Strategy' in a 1981 interview, but its roots stretch out much deeper into America's political past and wrap around its present.
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Just 3 states are responsible for 80% of known school book bans
Wednesday, October 1st, 2025
via FOX 7 Austin (Texas)An annual report on book bans in U.S. schools finds that 80% of the nearly 7,000 books banned for the 2024-2025 school year took place in just three states.
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