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The provisions in Florida's book ban bill disregard prevailing legal standards and restrict access to materials.
The new policy, passed under the guise of "protecting the children," is ripe for litigation for being discriminatory.
Public institutions of civic engagement like schools and libraries are on the ballot. Make sure you're prepared to vote.
Use this research to remind people that book bans are supremely unpopular and sought by a tiny fraction of American adults.
If passed by the library board next week, no one under the age of 17 in the county would be able to borrow books by or about trans people.
It's not normal for thousands of books to be weeded at one time, especially in an era of increased book bans.
School districts have already removed thousands of books from shelves and now will need to remove even more.
Use these talking points to help explain book bans to people who haven't kept up but want to understand.
These 13 books won't be the only books to be banned by the state under Utah's new law.
It's well beyond time to do more than put up a book display. It's time for action around Banned Books Week.