view as article attempts to restrict access to books and library materials reached a 20-year high in the united states in 2022, and 2023 is on pace to exceed last year’s record highs of restriction attempts and unique titles challenged, according to recently-released data from the american ...
ByMeera NavlakhaonJune 16, 2023 Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on Flipboard Credit: Mashable / Vicky Leta. Across the United States,efforts to ban bookshave skyrocketed. In 2022, this push reachedan unprecedented level, with the number of challenged books nearly doublingsince 2021. ...
Many of the books challenged in 2023 have been challenged on grounds of sexual content, and that is certainly true of New York Times-bestselling author Ellen Hopkins’Tricks, a novel about five troubled teens who fall into prostitution in their efforts to survive and make a place for themselve...
Books banned by United States make a comebackBen Byrne
Sharon says:Toni Morrison’s books arefrequently the target of book bansacross the country; her first novel, THE BLUEST EYE, has historically been the most challenged due to its unabashed commentary on racism, class, beauty standards, and gender in the United States. Inspired by a conversation...
This paper is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.Recent efforts at book banning in the United States' schools and libraries have produced a number of material iterations of anti-banning sentiment in online retail spaces like Etsy. Most scholarship on ...
Banned: Directed by Kristin Dober. With Jon Headrick, Luke Kiker, Corey Winston. A state senator passes a measure banning books with controversial content, only to covertly seek out one of those very titles for personal reasons.
Though being reinstated to the NBA in 1988, he would instead have stints in the United States Basketball League and CBA before taking his talents to Europe. With stints in Italy, Croatia, and France, he would lead his teams to numerous championships in his decade-plus overseas. Now back ...
Operating out of a tiny room in Fabulosa Books in San Francisco's Castro District, one of the oldest gay neighborhoods in the United States, Robbins uses donations from customers to ship boxes of books across the country to groups that want them. ...
"Utah Parents United left off one of the most sex-ridden books around: The Bible," the parent's complaint, dated Dec. 11, said. It later went on to add, "You'll no doubt find that the Bible (under state law) has 'no serious values for minors' because it's pornographic by...