banned books
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PublishedApril 6, 2023
Guest column: Hands off our books
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PublishedApril 5, 2023
Bonny Eagle school district temporarily removes 8 books from library pending review
After hearing complaints from parents that the books contain inappropriate content, the board took the unusual move of removing them before undertaking a review process.
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PublishedApril 5, 2023
Review committee recommends keeping ‘Gender Queer’ at Windham High School library
The recommendation comes amid another stormy debate about book challenges in RSU 14.
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PublishedApril 2, 2023
Our View: Attempts at book banning must be shut down
The national campaign to harass and censor school librarians has no place in Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2023
Commentary: Parents seeking book bans want control – to a point
They’ll deny professional educators their decision-making responsibility in this one respect. Anything after that would be inconvenient.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2023
Commentary: Where democracy won in 2022
Make no mistake, extremist threats haven’t gone away – but it was also the year when ‘the good guys struck back.’
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2023
Commentary: Bookstores are a refuge for freedom of speech while censors wage battle
If you make yourself available to the experience, a bookstore is a magical space, a site of resistance against ‘the attention economy.’
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PublishedNovember 2, 2022
RSU 1 board votes to keep transgender book at Woolwich Central School
A parent had called for the removal of "Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out," charging its subject matter was inappropriate for young students.
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PublishedOctober 3, 2022
Board of Buxton school district votes against removing book from library
Parents who mounted a challenge to keeping the book, "Gender Queer: A Memoir," on the shelves of the Bonny Eagle High School library failed to convince the board to remove the book on gender and sexuality
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2022
Mainewhile: Banned books broaden our horizons