Julianne Moore wrote that it was “a great shock” to learn that the actress’ children’s book Freckleface Strawberry was among those recently banned by the Department of Defense under the Trump administration. On Friday, the nonprofit group PEN America noted how Moore’s book, as well as No Truth Without Ruth …
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Nebraska lawmakers are calling for the resignation of State Senator Steve Halloran (R) after he repeatedly inserted the name of two fellow senators into an extremely graphic rape scene he read to the chamber. On Monday, while debating a bill that would revoke prosecution exemptions granted to “educational institutions providing …
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Mychal Threets has always been proud to be a library kid. The Fairfield, California native was homeschooled by his mother and spent so much time in the Solano County Library that he genuinely can’t remember the first time he walked through its doors. But he does say that most of …
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As Republicans nationwide continue to sound the alarm about how children are supposedly being indoctrinated and “groomed” into adopting LGBTQ identities at school, West Virginia legislators are pushing a new kind of crackdown on books deemed “obscene.” The idea is as simple as it is chilling: make librarians and teachers …
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When Holly Weaver began teaching in 2014, she started because she loved literature,and wanted to share that with students. But she quickly realized that her class, filled with kids from diverse communities and socioeconomic backgrounds, needed something completely different. “I saw very quickly some inequities within school systems,” Weaver says. …
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