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Health event at Penn State Berks and more in this week's Bulletin board.

A right-wing move to keep a young-adult climate change novel out of a Kutztown, Pa., middle school backfired in spectacular fashion.

Kutztown School District halted its new One Book, One School program before it reached students after receiving complaints over a book’s focus on climate change. News of the program’s cancellation was met by an outcry by those in favor of the selection of “Two Degrees” by a popular author for

According to PEN America, from July 2021 through March 2022, there were nearly 1,600 actions taken in school districts to ban more than 1,100 titles.

And Biden aides are reportedly planning his 2024 rollout.

Several banned book clubs that have formed in Texas in response to a growing push from the right to control what titles young people have access to. And it points to an ironic effect: The more certain books are singled out, the more people want to read them.

When Joslyn Diffenbaugh learned about efforts in Texas to remove certain books from school libraries and classrooms, she was surprised by the titles that were being challenged.

Oh, hell no.

NEW YORK -- Until a year ago, Stephana Ferrell's political activism was limited to the occasional letter to elected officials.

NEW YORK -- Until a year ago, Stephana Ferrell's political activism was limited to the occasional letter to elected officials.