Book banning and other forms of information censorship have serious implications for democratic processes, and censorship has become a central theme of partisan political rhetoric in the United States. However, there is little empirical work on the exact content, predictors of, and repercussions of ...
In Florida recently, Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized "Gender Queer" and "Lawn Boy" upon signing a law that would force elementary schools to provide a searchable list of every book available in their libraries or used in instruction and allow parents, DeSantis said, "to blow the whistle." The...
Publishers Weeklyreports on a resolution agreement from the U.S. Department of Education that “could help blunt the surge of book bans in schools.” TheWashington Postanalyzed data on book challenges and finds that “majority were filed by just 11 people.” Publishing Perspectivesfollows the news...
including establishing a coordinator to "lead the charge" against banning books in schools, administration officials said.The yet-to-be-named Education Department coordinator will train school districts and advise them that banning books "may violate federal civil laws if they create...
The American Academy of Pediatrics has found that exposure to violence in media, including in books, can impact kids by making them act aggressively and desensitizing them to violence.[17] As Kim Heinecke, a mother of four, said to her local Superintendent of Public Schools, “It is not a...
Author Jason Reynolds, the national ambassador for Young People's Literature, has seen several of his own books banned and says the biggest challenge behind book bans involves obscenity. "The truth of the matter is that most of these books are being couched in, they're being like, seated do...
From July 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022, book bans occurred in 26 states and 86 districts, according to a PEN Americareport. These districts represent nearly 3,000 schools with a combined enrollment of more than two million students. Texas has the largest number of districts enacting bans, wit...
School library book bans are seen as targeting LGBTQ content 1 of 7 | Books are displayed at the Banned Book Library at American Stage in St. Petersburg, Fla., Feb. 18, 2023. In Florida, some schools have covered or removed books under a new law that requires an evaluation of reading...
Act of 2023 is a drastic escalation. Previously, homosexuality was punished with life in prison,according to the Advocate. The new law allows the death penalty for those convicted of “aggravated homosexuality.” It also bans “promotion of homosexual...
A new national NPR/Ipsos poll reveals that 52% of Republicans are opposed to banning books from schools, whereas book bans are supported by 5% of Democrats, 16% of Independents, and 35% of Republicans. Paige Cowan-Hall has won the Women’s Prize Trust 20