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In Hillsborough school board races, book challenges are an early focus
Monday, September 25th, 2023
via Tampa Bay Times (Florida)Some candidates are seeking a middle ground, while others see books as a conservative rallying cry.
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Sarasota Moms for Liberty names GOP activist, Flynn ally as new …
Monday, September 25th, 2023
via Herald-Tribune (Florida)Parents
Where do GOP candidates stand on the issues? See for yourself.
Monday, September 25th, 2023
via POLITICO (New York)The Republican presidential candidates have spent months carving out their viewpoints.
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Book bans surged across the US in 2023. Florida was the blueprint.
Sunday, September 24th, 2023
via The Courant (Connecticut)The number of books banned in school districts across the U.S reached a peak this year, a new report says, with Florida leading the way in more ways than one. The state topped the country in the number of books banned alone, representing 40% of the country's total cases with over 1,400 books removed from libraries in the 2022-23 school year, according to a report issued by PEN America.
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Seminole parents are right to fight book bans
Sunday, September 24th, 2023
via Orlando Sentinel (Florida)As Seminole County's retired assistant superintendent writes, the idea that 'parental rights' is a new thing is ludicrous. But no one individual should make decisions about what another person, including students, should read.
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Email exchanges show attorneys’ confusion and frustration over Florida’s new education laws
Sunday, September 24th, 2023
via Miami Herald (Florida)'I don't know how we protect staff here without banning every single book that has any type of coming of age story line,' one school board attorney wrote in an email
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3 questions for Patricia McCormick, whose book ‘Sold’ has been banned in 6 states
Sunday, September 24th, 2023
via WPXI-TV (Pennsylvania)When author Patricia McCormick published her book Sold in 2006, about a young Nepalese girl who struggles to survive after being sold into sexual slavery, she had no idea the award-winning novel would…
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CCSD’s Jara pledges to stand up for children of all backgrounds
Sunday, September 24th, 2023
via Las Vegas Sun (Nevada)Clark County School District Superintendent Jesus Jara has pledged to stand up for the civil rights of students and families in the face of extremism ...
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Uncertain and afraid: Florida’s immigrants grapple with a disrupted reality under new law
Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
via Rapid City Journal (South Dakota)In the months since Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed one of the strictest immigration laws in the country, daily life for Florida's immigrant community has become fraught and governed by fear.
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Q&A: Columnist Michael Harriot talks about race, South Carolina and his new book
Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)Harriot's work is meant, in large measure, to challenge efforts to downplay the ugly parts of American history.
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3 questions for Alex Gino, whose book ‘Melissa’ has been banned in 4 states
Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
via WPXI-TV (Pennsylvania)Alex Gino, the nonbinary author of Melissa — one of the most banned novels in the country — believes the more that books of a particular genre are challenged in school districts across the country, the more those stories need to be told.
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Commentary: Gun violence is causing an anxiety crisis: How to help yourself and your kids
Saturday, September 23rd, 2023
via The Spokesman Review (Washington)I remember my first experience with an active shooter. Last summer, I was on the rooftop terrace of a hotel where I was attending a work conference. A hotel employee arrived, breathless, and told us we couldn't leave. Downstairs in the lobby, there was a man with a gun. We locked the doors and waited in silence until word came that the shooter had been apprehended. That was the first time I ...
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Both parties rally supporters as voting begins in Virginia’s closely watched elections
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
via The Virginian-Pilot (Virginia)Early voting has begun in Virginia's costly, high-stakes and closely watched legislative elections after a week in which elected officials and candidates rallied their supporters across the state.…
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Jonathan Raban’s moving final book, ‘Father and Son’
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)In his final book, Jonathan Raban, an acclaimed travel writer who died this year at 80, recounts his health struggles and his father's experience in World War II.
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Both parties rally supporters as voting begins in Virginia’s closely watched legislative elections
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
via The Seattle Times (Washington)Early voting has begun in Virginia's costly, high-stakes and closely watched legislative elections after a week in which elected officials and candidates rallied their supporters across the state.
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Book bans surged across the US in 2023. Florida was the blueprint
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
via Sun Sentinel (Florida)The number of books banned in school districts across the U.S reached a peak this year, a new report says, with Florida leading the way in more ways than one.
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Fairfax candidate used parent photo for fake porn account, lawsuit says
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
via The Washington Post (Maryland)A Fairfax County mother filed a lawsuit alleging that a school board candidate used her name and photo to pose as a failed porn actress online.
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Education Officials, Lawmakers Face Pushback at ‘Parental Rights’ Community Discussion
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
via Flathead Beacon (Montana)Republican lawmakers and officials from the Office of Public Instruction (OPI) on Wednesday night faced pushback from parents, educators and transgender Montanans during a presentation on two 'parental rights' bills passed by the 2023 Montana Legislature. During the fourth installment in a series of virtual 'community discussions,' OPI Chief Legal Counsel Rob Stutz, alongside OPI […]
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Ohio schools ban no books in past year; Florida bans over 1,400, study shows
Friday, September 22nd, 2023
via Cleveland.com (Ohio)Schools in Florida lead the nation in book bans, with Texas in second place.
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