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“I’d rather go down in history as one lone Negro who dared to tell the government that it had done a dastardly thing than to save my skin by taking back what I said. ” —Ida B. Wells Journalist. Activist. Feminist. All these words are accurate for describing Ida B. Wells. While she is best

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This week, NPR and several other major media outlets ran a story about how one Florida man chose to respond to book bans throughout his state. Chaz Stevens is a middle age white activist, known for doing some tongue-in-cheek protests. His latest involves petitioning Florida schools to remove the Bible from libraries because of its

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Looking for a great mystery? This year’s slate of Edgar Allan Poe winners, given by the Mystery Writers of America, was just announced and it has something for every kind of reader. Take a peek: BEST NOVEL Five Decembers by James Kestrel BEST FIRST NOVEL BY AN AMERICAN AUTHOR Deer Season by Erin Flanagan Today In Books

Author Simon James Green was scheduled to visit John Fisher School in South London for World Book Day in March. A few days before the visit, though, the Education Commission of Southwark Archdiocese released a statement saying that the visit was “outside the scope of what is permissible in a Catholic school,” presumably because the

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If you follow Kelly Jensen’s weekly Censorship News Roundup, you’ll likely recognize the Llano County library board. They’ve been mentioned in several roundups for “auditing” the library of controversial books, removing In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak from the shelves among other titles, closing their library board meetings to the public, and firing the

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Independent Bookstore Day is April 30th, but Libro.fm is holding a $5 audiobook sale to celebrate the whole week, from Monday the 25th to Sunday, May 1st. It does not require any other purchases or memberships. The audiobooks can also be gifted. Here are a few of the audiobooks on sale. The complete list of

Iredell-Statesville Schools in central North Carolina have dealt with near nonstop book challenges and read-alouds over the last six months during school board meetings. Moms For Liberty has a large and vocal presence in the community, and that group led the efforts to challenge 75 books in the district. One of the leaders of the

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Actor LeVar Burton will be hosting the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee. The spelling bee started in 1925 and aims to help students “learn concepts and develop correct English usage that will help them all their lives.” The choice of host comes naturally as Burton is a lifelong advocate for children’s literacy and was the

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Last year, the Demon Slayer movie Demon Slayer: Mugen Train made history as not only the biggest opening for any Japanese animation in the U.S., but also for a foreign language film of any kind, earning $21.1 million its opening week. The movie is based on the immensely popular manga, which follows the young coal

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Taylor Johnson is the Guggenheim Museum’s first Poet-In-Residence for the year 2022. Johnson is an award-winning poet from Washington, D.C. and the author of Inheritance, The New York Times’ best poetry book of 2020. The Guggenheim Museum and the Academy of American Poets collaborated to make the new Poet-In-Residence position with funding from Van Cleefs &

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The nonprofit organization We Need Diverse Books Offers (WNDB) has established the Educators Making a Difference Grant program to help combat the deluge of book bans happening across the U.S. Through the program, WNDB, which advocates for inclusivity in children’s literature, offered educators $2,000 to buy diverse titles, diversify existing collections, host community events focused

The Arizona passed two bills this week that continue the nationwide trend of educational gag orders. House Bill 2161, the “parental rights” bill, allows parents to sue educators and school staff if they believe those individuals interfere with the “fundamental rights of parents to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health” of their

Starting January 2023, politicians will have control of public library boards throughout the state of Kentucky. Senate Bill 167, which appeared dead last week following a veto from Governor Andy Beshear and not enough votes from the state House of Representatives, was revived by supporters through an override vote. This time, the bill passed. SB

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In Thor: Love and Thunder, Thor is trying to find himself post-Endgame. With the universe’s safety (mostly) ensured, he plans on hanging up his hammer and having a little more fun and a doing a little less superhero-ing. Meanwhile, Valkyrie sits through endless meetings in her role as leader of New Asgard. [embedded content][embedded content]

I first began to wonder what it would take to become an audiobook narrator while on a road trip with my brother one summer almost ten years ago. As we left the Northeast and began the 700 mile trek to visit family down South (having made the crucial error to roll out at 9 a.m.

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Maya Angelou was an inspirational and unforgettable public figure who wore many hats in her storied lifetime. She was a poet, a memoirist, an activist, a playwright, a dancer, a singer, an actress, a mother, and so much more. Angelou is probably best known for her series of autobiographies that chronicle the story of her

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It continues to be true that school boards have become the new target of right-wing activists, itching for more “parental rights” over curriculum, education, and information access in public schools. Conservatives cheered in Wisconsin as several party-aligned members were ushered into school board seats across the Milwaukee suburbs. In Flagler County, Florida, every candidate for