People hold up signs during a rally against "critical race theory" (CRT) being taught in schools outside the Loudoun County Government center in Leesburg, Va. on June 12, 2021.Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Alexander's book, "The Undefeated" has landed itself on some banned ...
The old, or traditional, argument againstcensorshipwas much less individualistic and much more political in its orientation, making more of another sense of liberty. According to that sense, if a people is to be self-governing, it must have access to all information and arguments that may be ...
I spoke with two kidlit authors, Mark Oshiro and Kyle Lukoff, about what it’s like to have a book challenged and/or banned. Both of these authors are award-winning and beloved, and I’ve seen them speak out on social media against book bans, as well as the distressing effects of...
I know this by my own experience, [and] to this day I cherish an unappeased bitterness against the unfaithful guardians of my young life, who not only permitted but compelled me to read an unexpurgated Bible through before I was 15 years old. None can do that and ever draw a clean ...
From 1970s–90s, his political career focused towards the politics of agitations against the elected civilian governments, and gained notability when he filed the multiple lawsuits against the PPP and the PML(N) at the Supreme Court of Pakistan in 1990s. During this time, he authored many ...
For the next 200 years 'the Pope's own navy' waged a war of piracy, slavery and (occasionally) pitched sea battles against the Ottomans. From Malta, they blocked Ottoman strategic access to the western med. A point that was not lost on the Ottomans, who sent 40,000 men to try and ...
it doesn’t help that sites devoted to e-book piracy are readily available through U.S. search engines,” Authors Guild president Douglas Preston said in a statement. “American authors and publishing companies have no recourse against these rogue foreign sites...
Grewal said that banning the book was discussed, but ultimately the school board decided against it. Chinese-Canadian writer Wayson Choy said he agrees that “To Kill a Mockingbird” should be taught with a more critical approach and in context, since racism is discussed d...
They now isolate themselves guarding against the day when others will attack their community. To ensure the commune's future after years of inbreeding, the elders choose the dark-eyed, black-haired Eli Thornman to become the winnower. He uses his imposing frame to his advantage, seeking to ...
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