Recent years have seen a record-breaking number of attempts to ban books. Here's how book banning emerged—and how it turned school libraries into battlegrounds.
As book-banning efforts continue to spread throughout the United States, a group in Texas is pushing back. The American Library Association found that the number of book challenges recorded in 2022 was the highest since the organization began collecting that information two decades ago. Unfort...
In the past year, parents have showed up to Texas school board meetings waving dildos and ranting about anal sex, demanding books be pulled from libraries Culture By Andrea Marks Top stories newsletter A Cultural Force That Transcends Generations ...
University of Pennsylvania professor Dan Hopkins, who studies the nationalization of state and local politics, said the banning of books is just the latest instance of national politics coming to a boiling point. "I think that. you know, a lot of fervor around possibly banning books is just t...
Under the law, literary classics and even the Bible could be banned from Texas schools. “Legislators expressed concern that the overbroad language of the Book Ban could result in the banning or restricting of access to many classic works of literature, such asTwelfth Night, A Midsummer Night...
“Banning Books, Stunting Growth,” Save the Books Teen Op-Ed Contest First Runner-Up Essay Save the Books is a teen-led project run by Austin Public Library and funded by the Library Foundation with the goal of increasing student discussion of intellectual freedoms. This year was their first...
The map below depicts how these anti-CRT bills and book banning efforts are picking up steam, especially in Texas, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Florida, but also throughout the US. Ratio of Book Bans and Challenges to Anti-CRT Legislation Introduced Since 2021 ...
What some call “book banning,” many see as making responsible choices about what books are available in public and school libraries. “Is it censorship that you’re unable to go to your local taxpayer-funded branch and check out a copy of the ‘Protocols of the Elders of Zion’? For ...
第1784期:Book Ban Attempts Hit Record High in 2022 2023-04-07 08:00:0004:241万 所属专辑:英语每日一听 | 每天少于5分钟 声音简介 The American Library Association (ALA) released a new report Thursday about book banning in the country. It found attempted book bans and information restrictions at...
Book ban attempts hit record high in 2022, library org says FILE - A pile of challenged books appear at the Utah Pride Center in Salt Lake City on Dec. 16, 2021. Attempted book bannings and restrictions at school and public libraries continue to surge, according to a new report from...