📰 Stephani Bercu News
Stephani Bercu News Today
Fast, Ad-Free News Updates
Stay updated with breaking news from Stephani Bercu. Real-time updates on events, politics, business and more.
September 11, 2022
Celebrate the freedom to read with the 2022 observance of Banned Book Week from Sept. 18-24. This year’s theme is “Books Unite Us. Censorship Divides Us.”
February 10, 2022
Book bans and critical race theory: the new war over education, explained
March 8, 2021
Lori Hines brought a pink sex toy with her to the Feb. 25 Leander school board meeting to make a point: Certain books are not appropriate for kids to read in school, she said. The book at the heart of Hines’ complaint is "In the Dream House" by Carmen Maria Machado, an award-winning memoir that tells the story of Machado’s experience in an abusive relationship with an ex-girlfriend. Hines read several passages aloud, including one that referenced a sex toy, hence the prop, she said. Hines...