Debate over the First Amendment’s role regarding book bans, specifically in Florida, has been going on for a long time. There are lawmakers and people who work in the government who agree with the book bans and there are others who disagree. Florida lawmakers say the government — in this...
Illinois First U.S. State to Restrict Book Bans in Libraries “Regimes ban books, not democracies," said Gov. J.B. Pritzker Protect Democracy By Charisma Madarang Florida School Restricts Amanda Gorman's Inaugural 'The Hill We Climb' Poem ...
That said, the first 70 pages show that the republican narrative isn’t so off-the-mark: she had no interest in study and he was not interested in politics. Yikes. Must have be tough to be the royal couple in 18thC France if you had no interest in learning things (hello century of ...
storylines. The most banned title wasJodi Picoult’s “Nineteen Minutes,”about a school shooting that included a short description of date rape. Florida and Iowa — both of which have strict regulations on what students can read — accounted for more than 8,200 bans in the 2023-24 school ...
This is what Lauren Groff described when she talked about book bans in Florida. They succeeded in the last election. Joy’s novel also points out the changes in the population in North Carolina and the economical issues. For the most part, the children had moved away, some by choice, othe...
Her Campus at UTDBook Bans: A Very Brief History and the Current Struggle Book banning (or burning) has been around for almost as long as human history has been recorded. In the past, books have been banned largely for the same reason... ...
"The 729 challenges tracked by ALA represent the highest number of attempted book bans since we began compiling these lists 20 years ago," ALA president Patricia "Patty" Wong said in a statement. Wong added: "We support individual parents' choices concerning their child's reading and believe ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Attempted book bans and restrictions at school and public libraries continue to surge, setting a record in 2022, according to a new report from the American Library Association released Thursday. More than 1,200 challenges were compiled by the association in 2022, nearly d...
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Gormancited an analysis from The Washington Postthat showed most book bans in the country were filed by just 11 people. Advocates for book restrictions say it is a matter of parents' rights, and that parents should be able to have a say in what their children have access to at school...