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1 month ago

Trump’s promises to conservatives raise fears of more book bans in U.S.

LA Times

• Book bans are on the rise as conservative parental rights groups fight what they believe is ‘wokeness’ in classrooms. We’re just getting back to commonsense America.” Trump’s threat to deny federal funding to schools that acknowledge transgender identities could affect curricula and the kinds of books school libraries stock. During his rally at Madison Square Garden in October, Trump …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

MSNBC hosts tie Trump's 'whether women like it or not' boast to Texas mom's death

Raw Story

The entire panel on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" lit into Donald Trump on Thursday morning over new comments he made about controlling women's lives –– and then tied him to the death of a pregnant woman in Texas. During Trump's rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Wednesday night, he followed up on his previous boast that he is a "protector" of …

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6 months, 1 week ago

Stranger than fiction: Florida school board bans a book about book bans after Moms for Liberty crusade

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Florida schools are making …

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1 year, 1 month ago

"I'm so tired of these psychos": Moms for Liberty is now a toxic brand

Salon

"We have more people. Jane Cramer, a mother from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, explained to Salon earlier this year that she felt good about the ragtag team she'd helped assemble to boot Moms for Liberty, the well-funded conservative parents’ rights group, off of her local school board. Once installed, Moms for Liberty members started banning books and Pride flags, as well …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Children and parents begin uphill fightback against book bans in Florida

CNN

Central Florida CNN — Now that books are being banned and disappearing from school libraries, students and parents are showing up to school board meetings in Florida to argue for access to books that take on difficult subjects. “‘Wait,’ Josie said, trying to roll away beneath him, but he clamped his hand over her mouth and drove harder and harder …

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1 year, 3 months ago

The Volunteer Moms Poring Over Archives to Prove Clarence Thomas Wrong

Slate

In 2018, after a teenage gunman murdered 14 students and three faculty members at a high school in Parkland, Florida, Jennifer Birch, fearing for the safety of her own children, decided to join the fight against gun violence. Birch’s mission, as part of a volunteer force for the gun safety group Moms Demand Action, has been to identify Santa Ana, …

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1 year, 8 months ago

‘Gender Queer’ tops library group’s list of challenged books

Associated Press

NEW YORK — With Florida legislators barring even the mention of being gay in classrooms and similar restrictions under consideration in other states, a report released Monday says books with LGBTQ+ themes remain the most likely targets of bans or attempted bans at public schools and libraries around the country. The American Library Association announced that Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Meet Moms for Liberty — the group leading book bans in schools

Raw Story

In the ongoing battle over school book bans in Pennsylvania and nationwide, one group is speaking with an outsized voice. Among the districts in Pennsylvania that have banned books or are facing continuing efforts to initiate bans are Central York School District, Downingtown Area School District, East Stroudsburg Area School District, Eastern Lancaster County School District, Elizabethtown Area School District, …

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2 years, 2 months ago

"Statewide book bans" are coming to Florida's classrooms, enforced by the far right

Salon

In early August, a video posted on TikTok by a Tennessee elementary school teacher went viral. But according to a new Tennessee law, the "Age Appropriate Materials Act," she was required to catalog every book in her classroom, then send it for several rounds of review and post a final list of approved books online for parents to scrutinize, before …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Judge bans cameras from Idaho mom’s triple murder case