Por: The Root Opinion September 24, 2022
If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you know that conservatives all over the country have been relentless in their quest censor the books we read. A report from PEN America found that more than 1,600 book titles were banned during the 2021-2022 school year. But book banning ain’t nothing new. Censorship has been around since the beginning of time. This Banned Books Week, we’re taking a look at what kinds of books are banned... + full article
PennLive USA Nation September 25, 2022
One marcher was costumed as the cover of Lawn Boy, the Jonathan Evison book that was banned for its gay and lesbian content and because it was considered to be sexually explicit.Another was outfitted as All Boys Aren’t Blue, by George M. Johnson, which was banned for similar... + más
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The Atlantic USA Life September 24, 2022
When a book gets censored, it feels good to assume its sales will increase. But that’s not the whole story.Getty; The AtlanticSeptember 20, 2022At a packed school-board meeting near Rockford, Illinois, earlier this year, a woman waved blown-up images from Maia Kobabe’s... + más
Handmaid's Tale, Girls Who Code and other books just banned in the U.S. | Newsweek
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The possibility of a more just future is at stake when young people are denied access to knowledge of the past.Roger Ressmeyer / Corbis / VCG / GettyFebruary 2, 2022The instinct to ban books in schools seems to come from a desire to protect children from things that the adults... + más
School book bans and challenges, at record highs, are rising again | The Boston Globe
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Orlando Sentinel USA Opinion September 24, 2022
Banned Books Week (Sept. 18-24) is an annual event celebrating the freedom and constitutional right to read, especially in the classroom. Since the event launched in 1982, its goal has been to draw attention to censorship. But this year, the main focus is an extreme uptick in... + más
Author speaks out as his book becomes one of the most banned in the US | ABC News
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ABC News USA Nation September 21, 2022
Author George M. Johnson has found himself at the center of a culture war over what kids can read.Johnson’s memoir, “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” which chronicles his experience growing up as a Black queer man, is the second most banned book in the U.S. and has been taken off... + más
It’s Banned Books Week — and these bookstores are hiding challenged books for their readers to find | The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe USA Nation September 20, 2022
Attempts to ban books from school libraries in America are on track to rise again this school year, after reaching historic highs last year, a pair of national reports has found.The studies, released over the weekend by the American Library Association, known as ALA, and PEN... + más
Book ban efforts surging in 2022, library association says | ABC News
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