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New NC parent activist group wants to focus on real issues and not ‘manufactured’ ones

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)

With a focus on ‘the boogeymen of CRT' and hostility against LGBTQ+ students and staff real-world problems are being ignored, says Stacy Staggs of Public School Strong.

Parent Involvement, Racism, Book Bans, School Board – General

New NC parent activist group wants to focus on real issues — not ‘manufactured’ ones

Monday, September 18th, 2023

via The Charlotte Observer (North Carolina)

Amid talk about ‘the boogeymen of CRT' and hostility against LGBTQ+ students and staff, real-world problems are being ignored, says Stacy Staggs of Public School Strong.

Parent Involvement, Racism, Book Bans, School Board – General

Gender comments ‘real flat-earth thinking’

Sunday, September 17th, 2023

via The Durango Herald (Colorado)

Perhaps a small silver lining was created when Moms for Liberty visited Durango, sponsored by La Plata County Republican Secretary Hope Scheppelman. Our peaceful 'good commotion' protest advanced an o...

Parent Involvement, Book Bans

Davenport Public Library to hosts Iowa College Access Network presentation

Sunday, September 17th, 2023

via Quad City Times (Iowa)

The Davenport Public Library will host, "ICAN Presents: Planning and Paying for College and Career," at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Eastern Avenue branch, 6000 Eastern Ave.

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SB 775, book ban

Sunday, September 17th, 2023

via The News Tribune (Missouri)

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I’m gay, but I don’t support having these ‘LGBT’ books in schools

Saturday, September 16th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) went viral this week after he read some hardcore pornography aloud during a Senate hearing. That doesn't exactly happen every Tuesday.

LGBTQ+, Book Bans

Looking for books temporarily banned in Carroll County? Enoch Pratt is here to help.

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via thebaltimorebanner.com (Maryland)

Enoch Pratt Free Library reminded residents of Carroll County that no matter what happens in their school districts, Marylanders always have access to banned books.

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Decision made on five of 58 books threatened with removal from Carroll County school libraries

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via Baltimore Sun (Maryland)

Carroll County public schools officials have made a decision about five of the 58 books that the superintendent ordered to be removed from library shelves last month amid challenges from the Carroll County chapter of Moms for Liberty.

Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General

Library ad opposes pulling books from school shelves

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via WBAL-TV 11 (Maryland)

The Enoch Pratt Free Library system is jumping into the debate over pulling certain books off Carroll County school shelves.

Parent Involvement, Book Bans

Out of print

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via Deseret News (Utah)

Can libraries survive the digital age?

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Column: Stop pretending book bans are all about sex. If we ban books, ‘we will be banning knowledge, culture, empathy,’ says Illinois secretary of state.

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via Chicago Tribune (Illinois)

We elect our representatives to solve our problems, not distract us from them. Book bans are a distraction.

Book Bans, School Board – General

Sen. Mike Lee consistently appeals to very conservative Utahns

Friday, September 15th, 2023

via Deseret News (Utah)

Lee's latest Utah approval ratings show he wins support from the right, but not the left

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‘Thunderdomes of controversy and strife:’ Giannoulias testifies about Illinois’ effort to block book bans

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via Daily Herald (Illinois)

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias was in Washington, D.C., this week to testify before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee regarding a new state law aimed at deterring book bans.

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Indiana attorney general defending validity of new police bystander law

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via NWI Times (Indiana)

Records show contracted attorney James Bopp Jr., a prominent conservative lawyer from Terre Haute, is representing Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita in the case.

LGBTQ+, Book Bans, School Board – General

Books that are inappropriate for the Senate don’t belong in schools

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via Washington Examiner (District of Columbia)

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) read from two sexually explicit books titled Gender Queer and All Boys Aren't Blue. The passages, which discuss anal and oral sex, were shocking to hear as they were read aloud by a 71-year-old congressman. But Kennedy…

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Alabama library service approves GOP chairman’s proposal to create list of controversial books

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via al.com (Alabama)

People can submit books they think have questionable themes to the library service. The libraries will decide what to do with the books.

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U.S. Senate hearing on book bans probes censorship attempts in local libraries ⋆ Michigan Advance

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via Michigan Advance (Michigan)

WASHINGTON — U.S. senators at a committee hearing Tuesday discussed the consequences of book bans and parents' desire to control what their kids read — though they also acknowledged it's not an issue…

Book Bans, School Board – General, Racism

Parents, students and staff clash over book ban in Carroll County

Thursday, September 14th, 2023

via WBAL-TV 11 (Maryland)

Parents, educators and students are debating what books should be allowed on school shelves in Carroll County after the superintendent pulled several books.

Parent Involvement, Book Bans

Carroll County schools: Moms for Liberty is winning its fight to remove school library books

Wednesday, September 13th, 2023

via thebaltimorebanner.com (Maryland)

A flood of challenges to school library books prompted Carroll County's superintendent to temporarily take 56 titles off the shelves and change book selection procedures.

Parent Involvement, Book Bans, School Board – General