Por: Chicago Tribune Entertainment September 26, 2022
A glass shelf displaying some of the most notable challenged books in the country adorns the entryway of the Chicago Public Library’s Lincoln Belmont branch. The books are surrounded by yellow tape and red signs that inevitably steer the attention of those who walk inside to the titles that have been banned, or attempted to be banned, in other libraries across the country. But instead of taking the books off the shelves, visitors at the... + full article
The Boston Globe USA Life September 24, 2022
WESTERLY, R.I. -- Like many school librarians, Marianne Mirando could see the wave rolling across the US last year. It was only a matter of time before it hit Westerly High School.So when a man who didn’t have children in the school demanded the removal of “” from the high... + más
As attempts to ban books across the country increase, Chicago establishes ‘Book Sanctuaries’: ‘Encouraging and alarming’ | Chicago Tribune
Commentary: An attack on a Maine school librarian is an attack on democracy | Portland Press Herald
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
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
After fans dismiss it as 'pretty gross,' Netflix drops LGBTQ tag for 'Dahmer' series | Los Angeles Times
The Root USA Opinion September 24, 2022
This September 18 - 24 is Banned Books Week , an annual celebration of the freedom to read, which began in 1982. Across the country, there have been continuous efforts to ban books from libraries and schools that deal with issues of race and sexuality. And it’s no coincidence... + más
The New York Times USA Science September 24, 2022
Two weeks ago, Roxane Chantereau, the co-founder of the in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo, awoke before sunrise to the buzz of incoming WhatsApp messages. Someone had sent her showing two baby chimpanzees scuttering across a squalid dirt floor strewn with toppled... + más
Kidnappers break into sanctuary, take multiple chimpanzees demanding ransom | WPTV
Indigenous groups, activists resist Congo's oil block plan | Associated Press
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
Book ban efforts surging in 2022, library association says | Associated Press
The Boston Globe USA Life September 19, 2022
Keep your eyes peeled (and your minds open): Sept. 18-24 is Banned Books Week, and a group of bookstores is hiding free copies of banned and challenged books around Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard.Because the stores want these books to be found, it’s not so much a treasure... + más
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