These children’s picture books have been banned. To some, the topics — racism, sexuality, transgender identity and gay relationships — are not appropriate for very young readers.
Tag: PEN American Center
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Children of Jailed Narges Mohammadi Accept Her Nobel Peace Prize
At the ceremony in Oslo, the Iranian activist’s twins also read a speech from their mother calling for a “globalization of peace and human rights.”
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The Problem of Campus Speech Is Even Harder Than You Think
As a principle of academic debate, speech should be presumptively allowed. The details of achieving that may get messy, but that goal is fundamental.
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Book Bans Are Rising Sharply in Public Libraries
Two years into a surge in book banning efforts across the country, restrictions that were largely happening in school libraries, where they affected children, are now affecting the wider community as well.