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Iowa School District to Potentially Ban 374 Books: What Is ...

Due to Senate File 496 in Iowa, there are potentially hundreds of books to be banned in the Urbandale school district. According to the Senate File, it is establishing a parent’s or guardian’s right to make decisions affecting the parent’s or guardian’s child, authorizing the parent or guardian of a […]

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Right-Wing Book Extremism: Idaho Librarian Resigns

Who would have thought that we would be in the 21st century and librarians are resigning due to fear for their physical safety. Well, this is exactly what happened in Boundary County, Idaho where a librarian resigned due to threats from right-wing extremists due to pressure to ban LGBTQ+ books. […]

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