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Some libraries are now facing an existential threat: They could lose their public funding over books deemed inappropriate for young readers.
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After years on the brink, the bookseller is going for a plot twist: Sales are growing and the chain plans to open some 30 new stores. Here's what's changed.
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In July 2022, Florida Governor DeSantis signed Florida House Bill 1467. It requires all schoolbooks to be reviewed by a district employee holding an educational media specialist certificate. Shortly after the bill went into effect, videos started popping up on social media of empty school bookshelves.
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HarperCollins Publishers and the union representing around 250 striking employees reached a tentative agreement providing increases to entry-level salaries. A ratified contract would run through 2025.
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Noted authors like Toni Morrison, James Baldwin or Alice Walker tend to be spotlighted during Black History Month. This year, Traci Thomas of "The Stacks" podcast shares some new voices.
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Summer Boismier was an Oklahoma high school English teacher who gave her students a QR code that led to the Brooklyn Public Library's page on banned books. Controversy ensued, leading her to quit her job ultimately.
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This episode of Focus: Black Oklahoma features reports on book bans disproportionately affecting works with Black characters or addressing issues of race, Black women in politics and the growing instances of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes.
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Susan Kuklin published the award-winning Beyond Magenta in 2014. The collection of images and interviews with transgender and nonbinary teens and young adults centers their experiences and identities.
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Writer and LGBTQ activist George M. Johnson speaks about what's lost when books like their 2020 memoir All Boys Aren't Blue are banned from school libraries.
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Mysterious signs have been popping up in the Oklahoma City metro this week calling on residents to vote to close the library on election day and attend a "book burning party."