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More than 10,000 books were banned in public schools during the 2023-2024 academic year, according to a new PEN America report. American Library Association data shows that while the country saw a ...
In the 21st century in the United States, Republican lawmakers have proposed or enacted legislation to censor school curricula that taught about comprehensive sex education, [20] LGBTQ people, [21] higher-order thinking skills, [22] social justice, [23] sexism and racism, [24] and various left-wing political philosophies.
PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned in public schools.
Katherine Mangu-Ward of Reason noted that the ALA's list of challenged and banned books "suggests book banners lean right—with an increasing emphasis on books with queer themes or characters, for example—though book challenges come from across the spectrum of political opinion and aesthetic preference.", but added that "It's debatable ...
Life is Funny: E.R. Frank: Sexual content 2000 — 40 — A Light in the Attic: Shel Silverstein: Violence and encouraging disobedience 1981 — — 51 Little Bill (children book series) Bill Cosby, illustrated by Varnette P. Honeywood: Criminal sexual allegations against the author 1997–2000 — — — Lolita: Vladimir Nabokov: References ...
Melissa, which chronicles the story of a trans girl in fourth grade who is seen by the world as a boy named George, has been banned by at least seven school districts across four U.S. states ...
The censorship of student media in the United States is the suppression of student-run news operations' free speech by school administrative bodies, typically state schools. This consists of schools using their authority to control the funding and distribution of publications, taking down articles, and preventing distribution.
Here is the next book on the critics’ list for banning at school libraries due to overt sexual content: The Bible. But this time, instead of evangelical Christians seeking to remove books from ...