How have the rich and powerful convinced so many voters that the reason they are struggling is the poor and powerless? The American historian talks about the weaponising of divisiveness
‘I think I’ve …
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Stephen King is the most banned author in US schools, according to report ⊖⊖
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During the 2024-2025 school year, there were more then 6,800 instances of books being pulled, led by the horror author
A new report on book bans in US schools finds Stephen King as the author most lik…
11 months ago
US writers at growing risk of crackdown on free speech, says PEN America ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
China again biggest jailer of writers in 2024, followed by Iran – with Israel in fifth place, says organisation’s annual report
Writers in the US are at growing risk amid a worldwide crackdown on free…
13 months ago
Most banned books feature people of color and LGBTQ+ people, report finds ○
Study counteracts claims by conservative lawmakers that books being removed from classrooms are sexually explicit
The majority of banned books in US public schools last year dealt with people of color…
14 months ago
Multi-level barrage of US book bans is ‘unprecedented’, says PEN America ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Censorship at local to federal level recalls past authoritarian regimes ‘but this has never all happened at once’
Book banning in the US has surged in the past few years, fueled by conservative backla…
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