Scary': public-school textbooks the latest target as US book bans intensify
The wave of book bans has extended to textbooks in public schools, impacting subjects like vaccines, human growth, diversity, and climate change. [ more ]
Violent, aggressive, and personal attacks - language used to challenge books has changed dramatically, research presented at Oregon Library Association conference shows
The language used in attempts to ban library books is increasingly violent, targeting LGBTQ, racial, and political themes, leading to dehumanization. [ more ]
When Your Own Book Gets Caught Up in the Censorship Wars
Tennessee's CRT/Age Appropriate Materials Law banned a book about George Floyd from being read or distributed at a high school.
The law in Tennessee prohibits teaching concepts that imply an individual is inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive, and that the state or the US is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist. [ more ]
Book banners came for this Colorado town. They didn't anticipate resistance.
Residents in Douglas County are fighting against book bans at the county library.
Conservative activists targeted books such as 'All Boys Aren't Blue' and 'The ABC's of Gender Identity' for promoting 'demonic narrative' and 'physically impossible' relationships. [ more ]