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Topic: Book-banning

Ron DeSantis | Harvard Campus (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Let's get real about censorship

Amanda Marcotte
A speaker at the Moms for Liberty Summit in Philadelphia, 2023. (Hannah Beier for the Washington Post/Getty Images)

The GOP gives Moms for Liberty the boot

Amanda Marcotte
Michael Harriot (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/Fatima Michon)

Black history bans: "They're so scared"

D. Watkins
Scholastic Book Fair banner outside Catholic school, Queens, New York. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Right-wing ghouls come for the book fair

Amanda Marcotte
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Has Moms for Liberty met its match?

Amanda Marcotte
Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Speaks to guests at Ashley's BBQ Bash hosted by Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA) on August 06, 2023 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

GOP creates a back to school nightmare

Amanda Marcotte
Judy Blume Forever (Courtesy of Prime Video)

Judy Blume is "furious" over book bans

Alison Stine
Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott and Glenn Youngkin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

A quiet GOP takeover of public education

Amanda Marcotte
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The Witches, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, and Matilda (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/HBO Max)

Bait and switch censorship of Roald Dahl

Alison Stine
Gun safety advocates participate in the 'March For Our Lives' rally in downtown Orlando, Florida, United States on June 11, 2022. (Paul Hennessy/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

GOP still seeks to ban books — not guns

Amanda Marcotte
Ron DeSantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

DeSantis has his own book-banning troops

Amanda Marcotte
Display of banned books or censored books at Books Inc independent bookstore in Alameda, California, October 16, 2021. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

GOP's war on books: Only the beginning

Amanda Marcotte
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Actor Johnny Depp gestures as he stands in the courtroom during a recess amid his defamation trial against his ex-wife Amber Heard, at the Fairfax County Circuit Courthouse in Fairfax, Virginia, on April 27, 2022. (JONATHAN ERNST/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Depp wins the right's war on free speech

Amanda Marcotte
A big selection of books in English language are on sale, for example in the 'Fantasy and Science Fiction' section at the 'English Bookshop' of culture department store Dussmann in Berlin, Germany, 25 August 2016. More and more readers choose the original versions of the books in English. (Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Librarians fight book-banning madness

Kenny Stancil - Common Dreams
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

GOP's war on education starts with math

Amanda Marcotte
Rear view of large group of students raising their hands to answer the question on a class at elementary school. (Getty Images)

Florida's gender-less dystopia a model?

Amanda Marcotte
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Amy Coney Barrett, Ben Shapiro and Ron DeSantis (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Return to bad days: GOP force a do-over

Amanda Marcotte
Display of banned books or censored books at Books Inc independent bookstore in Alameda, California, October 16, 2021. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)

GOP book-banners come for feminism

Amanda Marcotte
Ron DeSantis | People demonstrate with placards at an emergency meeting of the Brevard County, Florida School Board in Viera to discuss whether face masks in local schools should be mandatory. An executive order signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis banning mask mandates in schools was thrown out by a Florida judge on Friday. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The GOP's new "don't say gay" strategy

Amanda Marcotte
Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan and the Proud Boys (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Forget Joe Rogan: Dems must reclaim fun

Amanda Marcotte
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