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It’s Getting Hard to Stage a School Play Without Political Drama
Tuesday, July 4th, 2023
via The New York Times (Pennsylvania)At a time when lawmakers and parents are seeking to restrict what can and cannot be taught in classrooms, many teachers are seeing efforts to limit what can be staged in their auditoriums.
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Orange schools target classics, popular novels to keep sex out of class
Monday, July 3rd, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)'A Room With a View,' 'Madame Bovary' and 'Paradise Lost' have been at least temporarily rejected by Orange schools for sexual content as the district seeks to comply with a new state law.…
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The fascist roots of book bans
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via The Day (Connecticut)Anyone following the Republican Party's sudden obsession with banning books across the nation knows very well that the entire thing is a farce. Consider that when the Washington Post analyzed 1,000…
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‘We’re here for moms’: Parents’ rights activists bristle at SPLC branding them a ‘hate’ group
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)Parent activists at the Moms for Liberty annual summit roared at the leftwing Southern Poverty Law Center for putting them on the 'hate map' and calling them an 'extremist group.'
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The Readers’ Forum: Some books do need to be banned
Sunday, July 2nd, 2023
via Winston-Salem Journal (North Carolina)Headlines, sound bites and memes are not the whole picture, but these days there are enough to start a riot (verbal or kinetic) without context or background.
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From soccer moms to parent activists: Moms for Liberty harness a powerful political movement
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via The Washington Times, LLC (District of Columbia)Moms for Liberty flexed its newfound political muscle when a series of top Republican presidential contenders made the pilgrimage to woo support at the national summit of the seedling activist group focused on parental rights.
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Another winning Powerball ticket, worth $150,000, goes unclaimed in Region
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)A winning Powerball lottery ticket purchased on or before New Year's Eve in Northwest Indiana expired Thursday with no one claiming the $150,000 prize.
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Indiana abortion tally grew 13% last year, spurred by restrictions elsewhere
Saturday, July 1st, 2023
via NWI Times (Indiana)A new report shows 9,529 women had an abortion in Indiana last year, up from 8,414 in 2021, a total of 1,115 more abortions, or an 13.25% increase.
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Abe Lincoln and Kevin McCarthy
Friday, October 6th, 2023
via The New York Times (New York)Book Bans
Book bans are on the rise in the Gulf South. Here’s what’s being …
Friday, October 6th, 2023
via WWNO (Louisiana)Book Bans
Adults have a lot to say about book bans — but what about kids?
Sunday, November 9th, 2025
via Delaware First Media (Delaware)We've heard from parents, authors, activists and other adults about banned books. But we haven't heard much from kids. We asked four young readers to share their thoughts about book bans.
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Town Crier: Grownup Stuff
Sunday, November 9th, 2025
via Casper Star-Tribune (Wyoming)Wyoming Counseling Association 2023 awards
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Community events in San Diego: from Serbian and River Valley …
Saturday, October 7th, 2023
via The San Diego Union-Tribune (California)Book Bans
Heat, High Water, Hurricanes: Schools Are Not Ready for Climate Change
Sunday, November 9th, 2025
via The New York Times (New York)A storm can last a day. But the disruption to learning can last years. As natural disasters become more common, school districts are grappling with how to adapt.
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In an Expensive City, Who Should Get Free Preschool?
Wednesday, October 11th, 2023
via The New York Times (New York)Cutbacks in free preschool for 3-year-olds in New York City raise a question: As even middle-class families struggle to get by, should everyone have access to the program?
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Faith-based groups are now targeting St. Tammany public schools in book ban battle
Sunday, November 9th, 2025
via NOLA.com (Louisiana)For more than a year, activists in the parish have called for restrictions on books in the parish's public library. Now, books in public schools are coming under scrutiny.
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Stay in the know with this For AR People news roundup
Sunday, November 9th, 2025
via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)The last few months have been a whirlwind for Arkansas news.
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Colorado libraries face increasing requests to remove or limit access to books and programming
Sunday, November 9th, 2025
via The Denver Post (Colorado)Colorado's public libraries face a rising number of requests to ban or restrict access to books, programs or displays, mirroring trends across the country as conservative movements target books and programming with LGBTQ and race-related themes.
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U.S. book bans are taking a toll on a beloved tradition: Scholastic Book Fairs
Sunday, November 9th, 2025
via Delaware First Media (Delaware)Scholastic created a separate fair category for diverse books, which it says is to help schools navigate the complexities of book bans. Librarians accused the company of caving to censorship.
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