Meta's moves to squash ex-employee's book might actually be drawing more attention to it
Mark Zuckerberg's Meta doesn't want former employee Sarah Wynn-Williams publicizing her book, "Careless People." That might ...
'De-escalation and myth busting': How local libraries handle attempts to challenge books
While attempts to ban books are on the rise nationwide, local libraries discuss how they handle challenges to controversial ...
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Anti-Muslim discrimination reached record high in 2024, report finds
"Last year, what we saw is people being targeted for their viewpoint, primarily anti-apartheid, anti-genocide viewpoints." Anti-Muslim racism 'thrives in corporate America' More than 1,300 ...
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Children’s Books
In Linda Joan Smith’s “The Peach Thief,” an orphaned girl posing as a boy raids an English Eden. By Jennifer Howard Leonard S. Marcus brings the wonder of a 1968 snapshot to a new ...
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ICE agents arrest anti-Israel activist who led protests on Columbia University campus for months
An anti-Israel activist, who students claim was a leader of protests and encampments on the Columbia University campus in New York City for months, has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and ...
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Book Review
A new book by the historian Linda Gordon considers seven social movements that transformed the country — not all of them for the better. A major figure in independent publishing, he promoted ...
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Who is Mahmoud Khalil, the anti-Israel Columbia University activist ICE arrested?
President Donald Trump announced Monday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested anti-Israel activist Mahmoud Khalil — and cautioned that other "terrorist sympathizers ...
What Is Book Banning, and How Does It Affect Society?
The United States has a long history of book banning, and it’s not only picking up steam—it’s also becoming more problematic ...
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Anti-government protesters block access to Serbian state broadcasters
In response, the government has launched an anti-corruption campaign. Former Prime Minister Milos Vucevic along with two of his ministers resigned amid the unrest. Prosecutors have also charged 13 ...
'Parental rights' or 'book banning zealots'? RI bill opens up culture war over school libraries.
Rhode Island lawmakers are considering a "Freedom to Read" bill that would protect books on race, gender, and identity from being banned in schools and libraries. Proponents of the bill argue that it ...
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Israel-Gaza war behind record high US anti-Muslim incidents, advocacy group says
The Council on American Islamic Relations said it recorded the highest number of anti-Muslim and anti-Arab complaints - 8,658 - in 2024 since it began publishing data in 1996. Sign up here.
Meta blocks whistleblower from promoting book, guaranteeing way more people will read it
Meta has obtained an emergency ruling blocking whistleblower and former employee Sarah Wynn-Williams from promoting her ...