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New law bans book censorship in California libraries | cbs8.com
Author: CBS 8Staff Published: 10:47 AM PST December 26, 2024 Updated: 10:47 AM PST December 26, 2024 SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — On January 1, 2025, dozens of new laws in California will go into effect. Among them is Assembly Bill 1825, also known as the California Freedom to Read Act.The bill, authored by Assemblymember…
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How book-banning campaigns have changed the lives and education of librarians
They now need to learn how to plan for safety and legally protect themselves. By Nicole A. Cooke, 24 Jul 2023 Source: https://www.llrx.com/2023/07/how-book-banning-campaigns-have-changed-the-lives-and-education-of-librarians/
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Salman Rushdie says ‘attack on books’ in Florida ‘has never been more dangerous’
By Melissa Alonso and Jackson Grigsby, CNN, Published 3:51 AM EDT, Fri May 19, 2023 Less than a year after an attempt on his life, author Salman Rushdie made a rare public appearance at an awards ceremony Thursday to warn of the dangers of banning books and of related movements in the US to roll…
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Opinion: Books are not land mines
May 13, 20238:02 AM ET Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday, Scott Simon The American Library Association and PEN America say there’s been a sharp increase in the number of books pulled from school libraries over the past two years. One complaint that a book is obscene or offensive — from a parent, or, increasingly, a…
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Republicans are trying to defund public libraries in addition to book bans – Vox
By Fabiola Cineas, May 5, 2023, 5:05pm EDT Fabiola Cineas covers race and policy as a reporter for Vox. Before that, she was an editor and writer at Philadelphia magazine, where she covered business, tech, and the local economy. When Missouri’s House voted in late March to approve a state budget that would eliminate $4.5…
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The book battle is escalating, with library funds on the line : NPR
May 4, 20235:02 AM ET, Heard on All Things Considered By Tovia Smith The decibel level is climbing as some 20 preschoolers sprawl out on an alphabet-pattern carpet for story hour. One toddler, who’s new to the group, is having a bit of a meltdown, so Otter Bowman, a library associate at the Daniel Boone Regional…
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How to Protect Your Local Library From Book Ban Campaigns – Bloomberg
Library boards, school boards and legislatures are becoming battlegrounds in a push to censor books. Communities are fighting back. By Ariel Aberg-Riger, April 26, 2023 at 6:12 AM PDT National Library Week in the US comes amid a period of turmoil for libraries, as efforts to censor books intensify. Visual storyteller Ariel Aberg-Riger explores the…




