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“This is yet another disastrous consequence of Florida’s disastrous education policies,” one free speech advocate said.

Florida’s public-school libraries are a forum for government, not private, speech," Florida AG Ashley Moody claimed.

The lawsuit alleges a county in the Republican-led state is cracking down on access to books on race and LGBTQIA+ identity.

PEN America and publisher Penguin Random House filed a federal suit against Escambia County School District over its removal of books from school libraries.

Publishing giant Penguin Random House joined authors, parents, and activists to argue that the district’s removal of books about race, sex, and gender violates the First Amendment.

The lawsuit alleges a county in the Republican-led state is cracking down on access to books on race and LGBTQ identity.

PEN, Random House and parents file lawsuit after rightwing groups seek to ban books that address racism or sexual identity

(The Center Square) – The Ann Arbor public school district has a book available in its pre-kindergarten library called “Introducing Teddy: a gentle story about gender and friendship." The book

A Republican congresswoman from Wyoming, Harriet Hageman, grilled a witness over the targeting of certain controversial books in public school libraries.

GOP Rep Grills Witness On Whether Banning Pornographic Magazines For First Graders Is ‘Censorship’ Harold Hutchison on March 23, 2023 Republican Rep.