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Here are the biggest censorship news stories that came out of Banned Books Week, including new data from the ALA and PEN America.
Brooklyn Public Library's Books Unbanned program has made a real impact on the lives of young people nationwide.
"I treated each book I examined like it was a precious gem."
"None of the writers I've relied on for decades as an intellectual and emotional redoubt in a hostile, homophobic world would be there to support me."
"Behind these "free” tablet programs state officials and prison telecom companies are making mad loot."
As part of the settlement, the district admitted that AND TANGO MAKES THREE has value and is not obscene per Florida laws.
Academic libraries are a backbone to higher education but they're being gutted. That, plus this week's book censorship news.
Stephen King and Patricia Cornwell could mobilize their 8+ million followers against book bans, but they're not.
The bill is on the governor's desk and he is expected to sign it. The state joins several others who have passed anti-book ban bills.
The four Rs of book censorship are still censorship, even if some feel like a compromise to outright banning books.