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Education
fromFast Company
3 days ago

The startup that turned Texas's book ban law into big business

A Canadian entrepreneur founded Bookmarked, a startup designed to help schools manage library collections and provide parental oversight, while actively lobbying for Texas legislation restricting school library books and expanding parental monitoring rights.
Education
fromFast Company
3 days ago

The startup that turned Texas's book ban law into big business

A Canadian entrepreneur founded Bookmarked, a startup designed to help schools manage library collections and provide parental oversight, while actively lobbying for Texas legislation restricting school library books and expanding parental monitoring rights.
fromLGBTQ Nation
4 months ago

Judge orders Defense Department to return books on race & gender to school shelves - LGBTQ Nation

According to the ACLU, books "quarantined" by DoDEA schools included classics like To Kill a Mockingbird and Fahrenheit 451, more recent titles like The Kite Runner, A Queer History of the United States, the children's book Julián Is a Mermaid, and even Vice President JD Vance's 2016 memoir Hillbilly Elegy. Lawyers for the DOD reportedly argued that the removals constituted "government speech" and thus were shielded from First Amendment scrutiny.
Education
LGBT
fromAdvocate.com
8 months ago

Supreme Court will decide cases on book censorship, health care access

Supreme Court cases involve book censorship and healthcare access affecting LGBTQ+ rights.
Left-wing politics
fromNew York Post
9 months ago

Trump fires Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden in abrupt move, sending Democrats into a frenzy

Trump's firing of Carla Hayden as Librarian of Congress sparked outrage among Democrats and highlighted tensions over cultural issues.
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