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Marietta parent challenges decision to remove book from school district
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
via 11Alive (Georgia)The Marietta School Board is facing its first appeal against a book ban - and Kayla Sergeant has submitted at 16-page explanation to make to her case.
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10 look to fill 5 North Allegheny school board seats
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
via TribLive.com (Pennsylvania)The race for five seats on the North Allegheny School Board this Nov. 7 has five Democrats battling five Republican candidates for control of the nine-member school board. Democrats Elizabeth Warner,…
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Parents’ groups rise up against school book bans in Florida
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)MIAMI — When Miami-Dade County Schools restricted Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem and other titles only to middle school students in a K-8 school, Lissette Fernandez, a parent, was 'completely taken…
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Candidates keep their leads, City Hall bond defeated in final municipal election results
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023
via Juneau Empire (Alaska)Winter warming shelter among issues for new Assembly, transgender sports ban for new school board.
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Fact Checker: ‘No such thing as book banning in Iowa’
Saturday, October 14th, 2023
via The Gazette (Iowa)Linn County lawmaker says the Iowa Legislature did not ban books. Is that true?
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Tales From Utah Valley: Let Freedom Read — Banned Books Week wraps up
Saturday, October 14th, 2023
via Daily Herald (Utah)'Let Freedom Read' — that was the theme for this year's annual Banned Books Week, which just passed, taking place during the first week of October. Many libraries and bookstores around the country…
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Racial slur allegations: Davneport mayor names six members to special panel
Friday, October 13th, 2023
via Quad-City Times (Illinois)Davenport Mayor Mike Matson named six members to the special panel to investigate alleged racial slurs Ald. Robby Ortiz made to Ald. Tim Kelly.
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Jason Reynolds: ‘Libraries are places for dancing and for self-expression’
Friday, October 13th, 2023
via The Washington PostThe author talks about his new book, 'There Was a Party for Langston,' and its celebration of books and Black literature.
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Jill Biden recognizes 15 young women from 13 states for advocacy to improve their communities
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
via NY1 (New York)Fifteen young women from around the United States have been recognized by the White House for their advocacy on a range of issues to improve their communities
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Jill Biden honors 15 young women from around the US for work improving their communities
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
via The Buffalo News (New York)First lady Jill Biden marked International Day of the Girl by shining a spotlight on 15 young women from around the United States for leading change in their communities.
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Jill Biden is recognizing 15 young women from around the US for work to improve their communities
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
via The Washington Post (Massachusetts)First lady Jill Biden is recognizing 15 young women from around the United States for their advocacy on a range of issues in their communities
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A new online platform provides a literary lifeline to readers seeking banned books
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
via The Boston Globe (Massachusetts)Joyce Linehan and Paul English launch a new effort aimed at shoring up access to censored titles in Florida
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Book bans in Texas spread as new state law takes effect
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
via The Texas Tribune (Texas)As Texas enters its third straight school year of coordinated book banning activity, a growing number of districts are targeting library books. Caught in the dragnet: books featuring a 'naked' crayon…
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Pride flag fight: Sunol school board refuses to reconsider flag policy
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
via San Francisco Chronicle (California)About 100 people turned out for Tuesday's meeting, which had three agenda items related...
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Banned Books Week an opportunity to educate students, librarians say
Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
via The Virginian-Pilot (Virginia)Banned Books Week recently wrapped up, and librarians say it is an important learning opportunity with an impact throughout the year. Schools, public libraries and bookstores across the U.S. partic…
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23 more books removed from Spotsylvania school libraries
Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
via Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia)Spotsylvania schools superintendent Mark Taylor has removed 23 more books from county high school libraries, the division announced late Monday night, bringing the total number of titles he has removed
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Talk of Alaska: the rise in book challenges
Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
via Alaska Public Media (Alaska)The rise in challenges to books in school and public libraries has grown rapidly in recent years. Efforts to censor certain topics in reading material is not new. Attempts have appeared periodically…
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Festival in Madison County celebrates banned books
Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
via The Daily Progress (Virginia)Revalation Vineyards In Madison County played host to a 'Freedom to Read' book festival on Oct. 1, which gathered local and area community members to celebrate books recently banned by
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Community leaders call out purported Quran burning
Tuesday, October 10th, 2023
via Daily Herald (Illinois)Several Muslim groups and community leaders are calling out a now viral video purportedly showing a Naperville teen burning a Quran as an act of hate.
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