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Texas librarians have been on the front lines in fighting back against book bans organized by Moms for Liberty (Aaron E. Martinez/The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)

Texas Democrat won because of book bans

Amanda Marcotte
Mom's for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice speaks with Maud Maron, Jennifer Sey, Tulsi Gabbard, and Texas State Rep. Shawn Thierry at the 2024 Mom's for Liberty National Summit in Washington D.C., Friday, August 30, 2024. (DOMINIC GWINN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

The revival of Moms for Liberty

Andrew Kordik
(Getty Images)

Congress may create the “bad internet"

Russell Payne
The goal of book bans (mediaphotos/getty images)

Book banners plot a dumber future

Andi Zeisler
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U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

SCOTUS book-ban case invites mischief

Amanda Marcotte
Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth leaves a meeting with Republican Senators at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 21, 2024. (Allison Robbert for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Hegseth’s Orwellian purge strikes fear

Jeffrey Colvin
Supporters of parents advocating for religious rights demonstrate outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on April 22, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

SCOTUS is too late to "don't say gay"

Amanda Marcotte
Special Collections at the Boston Public Library (Lucie Faulknor)

The case for saving America's libraries

Melanie McFarland
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Donald Trump and a school classroom full of kids (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump's attack on schools could backfire

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

Let's get real about censorship

Amanda Marcotte
Stephen King receives Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award 2020 at the 2020 Audie Awards Gala at Guastavino's on March 02, 2020 in New York City. (Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Stephen King on Fla. banning his books

Gabriella Ferrigine
Amy Donofrio in front of Robert E. Lee High School (Photo courtesy of the EVAC movement)

Teacher beats back DeSantis' war on woke

Amanda Marcotte
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Stack of books on table at library (Getty images/Kenishirotie)

Texas GOPer reads curriculum and flips

Jeremy Schwartz - The Texas Tribune
Library In Reading Pennsylvania (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

Public libraries under MAGA threat

Rebecca Gordon - TomDispatch.com
Copies of banned books from various states and school systems from around the county are seen during a press conference by U.S. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) at the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Kids fight back: A year in book banning

Martha Groves - Capital & Main
Stack of books on table at library (Getty images/Kenishirotie)

Expert alarmed as Texas book bans grow

Areeba Shah
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Rear view of girl reading a book in the library (Getty Images/Wavebreakmedia)

My mom tried to ban Shel Silverstein

Melissa Gopp-Warner
Library Shelves (Getty Images/Nikada)

Book bans spiked 33% last school year

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Kindergarten students head to the first day of class at Roosevelt Elementary School in Anaheim, California, Aug. 10, 2023. (Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

"Anti-woke" movement jumps the shark

Amanda Marcotte
English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) ponders his next work (Stock Montage/Getty Images)

Florida book war comes for Shakespeare

Gabriella Ferrigine
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders, former Trump White House press secretary, addresses the America First Policy Institute's America First Agenda Summit at the Marriott Marquis on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Judge blocks Ark law targeting libraries

Brett Wilkins - Common Dreams
Books on the shelf in a library (Getty Images / ilbusca)

How NJ school board flipped conservative

Nicole Carr - ProPublica
Book with chains wrapped around it (Getty Images/Guido Cavallini)

History: An inconvenient truth

Susan Ronald
Books on shelves in the stacks at the Reading Public Library. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)

Parents sue Fla. district for book ban

Chris Walker - Truthout
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