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Supreme Court takes up religious rights dispute over LGBTQ books in Maryland schools

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over the religious rights of parents in Maryland to remove their children from elementary school classes using storybooks with LGBTQ characters

The Independent UK

Supreme Court to intervene as parents remove children from school over LGBTQ books

A prince and knight fall in love and the Supreme Court is asked to intervene

The Independent UK

Texas may change how schools select library books. Critics say it could lead to more bans.

Senate Bill 13 would create school library advisory councils largely made up of parents. It would give school boards, rather than librarians, the final say over new books.

The Texas Tribune

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Macron says French-Algerian author under ‘arbitrary detention’ in Algeria

French president voices concern for health of Boualem Sansal, who is on hunger strike over his imprisonment

The Guardian - UK

Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds

Study counteracts claims by conservative lawmakers that books being removed from classrooms are sexually explicit

The Guardian - US

Julianne Moore’s children’s book about redheads is under ‘review’. What’s happening with US book bans under Trump?

Actor Julianne Moore’s picture book, Freckleface Strawberry, was recently removed for “compliance review” from schools serving the families of US military and civilian defence personnel.

The Conversation

Julianne Moore in ‘great shock’ after her book is ‘banned by Trump administration’

Books is reportedly under review to ensure it is not ‘potentially related to gender ideology or discriminatory equity ideology topics’

The Independent UK

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Trump promises a crackdown on diversity initiatives. Fearful institutions are dialing them back already

As the president-elect and his allies plan a multi-pronged attack on DEI policies, companies and campuses are complying with threats even though they don’t have to

The Guardian - US

Florida Responsible for Nearly Half of All School Book Bans in US as Total Number Hits Staggering New High

Over the last year, Florida was found to be responsible for nearly half of the entire country's book bans as the number of banned books reaches a new high.

Latin Times

UNT faculty slam university for removing references to race and equity in course names

Professors and instructors say the university is preemptively censoring itself after administrators removed references to race and equity in dozens of College of Education course titles and descriptions.

The Texas Tribune

Florida education officials report hundreds of books pulled from school libraries

“The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison

The Independent UK

Most US book bans target children’s literature featuring diverse characters and authors of color

Book bans in U.S. schools and libraries during the 2021-22 school year disproportionately targeted children’s books written by people of color – especially women of color – according to a peer-reviewed study we published. They also tended to feature characters of color.

The Conversation

Jodi Picoult's 'Nineteen Minutes' tops PEN America of books banned in schools

Jodi Picoult's “Nineteen Minutes” has topped a list compiled by PEN America of the books most often pulled from school shelves

The Independent UK

Texas county condemned for recategorizing book on colonization as fiction

’To claim this book is fiction dismisses our perspective and history,’ one advocate said

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Texas Reclassifying Book On Colonization As Fiction: 'Threat To The Freedom To Read'

The controversy centers on Colonization and the Wampanoag Story by Linda Coombs, which presents the colonization of New England from the perspective of Native Americans.

The Guardian - US

Texas condemned for placing book on colonization in library’s fiction section

Outcry in Montgomery county as Linda Coombs’ book on European colonization of Native American land reclassified

Salon

What to know about Banned Books Week

From September 22-28, the American Library Association will hold its annual effort to combat challenges to books

The Guardian - US

US public schools banned 10,000 books in most recent academic year

Survey by PEN America suggests bans nearly tripled nationwide from previous year’s figure

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The Independent UK

Utah bans 13 books at schools, including popular “A Court of Thorns and Roses” series, under new law

The Guardian - UK

Utah outlaws books by Judy Blume and Sarah J Maas in first statewide ban

State has ordered 13 books by seven authors, six of them women, to be removed from every public school classroom and library

The Independent UK

Florida arts groups left in the lurch by DeSantis veto of state funding for theaters and museums

All over Florida, arts groups are scrambling to plug large budget gaps after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unexpectedly vetoed $32 million in arts funding

The Guardian - US

‘Scary’: public-school textbooks the latest target as US book bans intensify

A school district in Houston has voted to redact chapters on vaccines and climate change, and parents and educators are worried

The Independent UK

PEN America, facing criticism over its response to the Mideast war, gathers for annual gala

PEN America gathered Thursday night for its annual gala, a high-profile event raised even higher because some wondered if it would be held at all

The Guardian - US

America’s unseen book bans: the long history of censorship in prisons

Tens of thousands of books are banned in US prisons, in an often arbitrary process that limits education opportunities

France 24

Indian elections: The videos causing a stir online

India's mammoth general election is well under way, with the first two phases of voting over and five more to go. FRANCE 24's Leela Jacinto looks at online campaigning and some controversies that are flaring up. Next, we speak to PEN America about their latest Freedom to Write Index. Writers…

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