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April 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Ron DeSantis Suddenly Pretends He Hates the Thing He Loves the Most
The Florida governor is trying to backtrack on some of his signature legislation.
April 8, 2024
Podcast
The Daily Blast with Greg Sargent
MAGA Rage Targeting Local Librarians Is Getting Uglier
The culture warriors are inventing new ways to make public libraries and schools into nastier, angrier, more divided, less inclusive spaces.
February 15, 2024
Paige Oamek
Ron DeSantis Finally Admits War on Books Has Been a Total Disaster
The Florida governor is suddenly backtracking after all those ridiculous book bans in schools.
February 1, 2024
Tori Otten
Florida’s War on Books Enters “Goblin Butts Are Sexual” Territory
And of course, Moms for Liberty is behind the whole thing.
January 16, 2024
Tori Otten
Idaho Republicans’ War on Books Has an Unbelievable New Target
Fellas, is it gay to hold hands?
January 11, 2024
Tori Otten
Florida’s War on Books Has Found a New Casualty: The Dictionary
A Florida school district has removed the dictionary over concerns that it doesn’t comply with state law.
September 21, 2023
Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani
Florida Is Leading the Rest of the Country on Book Bans—by a Long Shot
A new report from PEN America documents a frightening rise in book bans in public schools—but especially in the Sunshine State.
August 17, 2023
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Melissa Gira Grant
Moms for Liberty Recruits a New Class of Aggrieved Mothers
The burgeoning group, which has scored hundreds of school board election victories, is busy drafting more “joyful warriors” to take control of the Republican agenda.
July 3, 2023
Grace Segers
States Enact New Laws on Controversial Issues Such as Abortion
New rules on education, transgender issues, and marijuana are among the hundreds of new measures in effect in July.
June 13, 2023
Prem Thakker
South Carolina Teacher’s Lesson on Racism Shut Down by School District
The classroom was barred from reading Ta-Nehisi Coates’s “Between the World and Me.”
June 2, 2023
Tori Otten
Utah School District Bans the Bible for “Vulgarity” and “Violence”
The book was banned after a complaint that highlighted how easy it is to get books banned in schools now, thanks to Utah law.
May 16, 2023
Jennifer C. Berkshire
,
Jack Schneider
Public Schools Are in Danger
Democrats may be winning the culture war in the classroom, but a fight against right-wing book banning won't be enough to save public eduction.
May 9, 2023
Tori Otten
An Entire Florida School District Has Banned a Kids’ Book on Segregation
The district pulled the book after one parent complained.
March 16, 2023
Magazine
Melissa Gira Grant
Conservatives Are Trying to Ban Books in Your Town. Librarians Are Fighting Back.
How a right-wing mania is destroying the social fabric of communities across America
March 2, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
Ron DeSantis Is Chasing Conservative Clout at the Expense of His Real Constituents
The governor and 2024 aspirant is building his national brand by making life hell for regular Floridians.
May 13, 2022
Alex Shephard
The Dumb Reason a Book-Banning Republican Senator Got a Major Publishing Award
The Association of American Publishers awarded Republican Senator Thom Tillis for his work on copyright.
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