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Nov 6, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Chris Walker |Kwolanne Felix |Jaime Taylor |Emily Drabinski
“I’d rather be fired for upholding the First Amendment instead of sued for violating it,” librarian Patty Hector said. ByChris Walker, TruthoutPublishedNovember 6, 2023Zephyr18 / iStock / Getty Images PlusAn Arkansas county librarian who was fired last month over her refusal to enforce a book ban is saying that those who targeted her were motivated by bigoted and fascistic viewpoints.
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Sep 26, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Amy Goodman |Eleanor Bader |Chris Walker |Jaime Taylor
Image Credit: Smithsonian InstitutionA political battle is brewing in Washington, D.C., over plans to build a National Museum of the American Latino and the portrayal of American Latino history.
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Chris Walker |Jaime Taylor |Emily Drabinski |Zane McNeill
Attempts to ban books and other library materials and services have reached the highest level since the American Library Association (ALA) started recording such incidents decades ago, according to a preliminary analysis from the organization. Through the first eight months of 2023, there were 695 challenges to materials at K-12 schools and academic libraries across the U.S., the ALA announced in a preliminary report this week.
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Aug 23, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Jake Johnson |Zachary Levenson |Jaime Taylor |Chris Walker
Over the past two and a half years, Republicans across the United States have introduced nearly 380 bills aimed at establishing a climate of fear among educators, librarians, and other school officials, according to a report released Wednesday by the free expression group PEN America.
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Aug 19, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Zachary Levenson |Chris Walker |Julia Conley |Jaime Taylor
Next week, I will begin teaching at a public university in Florida. When I announced my move to friends and colleagues, they were horrified. Wasn’t I terrified? Didn’t I know what Gov. Ron DeSantis was doing to public education in that state? In May, Governor DeSantis told Fox News that he would “destroy leftism in this country.” A week before that, Florida Sen.
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Aug 18, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Jaime Taylor |George Yancy |Zane McNeill |Jake Johnson
On July 31, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) announced plans to repurpose 28 libraries into “discipline centers,” sparking widespread protest.
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Jul 25, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Emily Drabinski |Jaime Taylor |Ryan Moser |Meghan Krausch
The freedom to read for everyone requires an end to prisons.
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May 25, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Chris Walker |Zane McNeill |Jaime Taylor |Jake Johnson
A Florida school district has restricted student access to a poem written by a Black poet for the inauguration of President Joe Biden in January 2021. Amanda Gorman recited her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” two years ago at the most recent presidential inauguration. Gorman’s poem largely centered on the work yet to be done in the United States to achieve equity and justice for all.
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May 18, 2023 | 
truthout.org | George Yancy |Chris Walker |Jaime Taylor |Henry A. Giroux
Skip to contentSkip to footerWe must foster critical thinking and direct action to combat book bans, sociologist Joe Feagin says. Book bans are spreading like wildfire through the U.S., with right-wing forces aggressively targeting fiction books that have protagonists of color or LGBTQ characters, as well as nonfiction analyses of racism and other forms of oppression.
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May 12, 2023 | 
truthout.org | Chris Walker |Sharon Zhang |Jaime Taylor |Topher Sanders
Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, a longshot candidate for the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nomination, tweeted his belief on Friday that some young people in the United States are undeserving of the democratic right to vote. Ramaswamy went on to say that Congress should pass a constitutional amendment barring 18-25 year olds from voting, with some exceptions. “Young people no longer value a country that they simply inherit,” Ramaswamy claimed in his tweet.
