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Wall Street Journal
30-05-2025
- General
- Wall Street Journal
No More Library Police in Texas
If a public library culls children's books that have drawn complaints—such as 'Larry the Farting Leprechaun' and 'Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen'—do local fans of Larry and Jazz have a First Amendment case? In a decision last summer, a panel of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals welcomed such lawsuits, with two judges volunteering themselves for the job of library police. Good news: The entire Fifth Circuit, sitting en banc, reversed that decision last week. Ten of 17 judges held that a public library's removal of books from circulation doesn't implicate its patrons' 'right to receive information.'
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Statement from Mandy Lamoureux regarding the schoolbook ban
"Teens need adults to actually be adults about sex" EDMONTON, Alberta, May 26, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE 3550 represents 3,500 employees (including library workers) at the Edmonton Public School Board. President Mandy Lamoureux issued the following statement regarding Alberta Education Minister Dimitrios Nicolades's policy on 'age appropriate books' in school libraries. "The problems in Alberta education today stem from underfunded schools. Today's announcement is a transparent attempt to distract from funding issues with dubious culture wars. The government should talk to parents, who will tell them book censorship does nothing to solve the real issues students face. The education minister is nearly silent about the fact schools are laying off staff as Jordan's Principle funding dries up. The Minister also avoids discussing overcrowding in classrooms, funding levels that don't match inflation, support for special needs kids, and staff wages that don't keep up with the cost of living. Instead, Minister Nicolades bans books with gay and queer themes. Experts agree that in an age when teens can access pornography at almost anytime, young people need literature with healthy depictions of sexuality. Sex is something kids know about, and need to learn about in thoughtful and respectful ways. The UCP plan to divert attention from the failures of their own education system will only hurt teens who need adults to actually be adults about sex." :clc/cope 491 View source version on Contacts Lou Arab, Communications Representative 780.271.2722 larab@ Sign in to access your portfolio
National Post
26-05-2025
- Politics
- National Post
Statement from Mandy Lamoureux regarding the schoolbook ban
Article content Article content EDMONTON, Alberta — CUPE 3550 represents 3,500 employees (including library workers) at the Edmonton Public School Board. President Mandy Lamoureux issued the following statement regarding Alberta Education Minister Dimitrios Nicolades's policy on 'age appropriate books' in school libraries. Article content 'The problems in Alberta education today stem from underfunded schools. Today's announcement is a transparent attempt to distract from funding issues with dubious culture wars. Article content The government should talk to parents, who will tell them book censorship does nothing to solve the real issues students face. Article content The education minister is nearly silent about the fact schools are laying off staff as Jordan's Principle funding dries up. The Minister also avoids discussing overcrowding in classrooms, funding levels that don't match inflation, support for special needs kids, and staff wages that don't keep up with the cost of living. Article content Instead, Minister Nicolades bans books with gay and queer themes. Article content Experts agree that in an age when teens can access pornography at almost anytime, young people need literature with healthy depictions of sexuality. Sex is something kids know about, and need to learn about in thoughtful and respectful ways. Article content The UCP plan to divert attention from the failures of their own education system will only hurt teens who need adults to actually be adults about sex.' Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content
Yahoo
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Statement from Mandy Lamoureux regarding the schoolbook ban
"Teens need adults to actually be adults about sex" EDMONTON, Alberta, May 26, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE 3550 represents 3,500 employees (including library workers) at the Edmonton Public School Board. President Mandy Lamoureux issued the following statement regarding Alberta Education Minister Dimitrios Nicolades's policy on 'age appropriate books' in school libraries. "The problems in Alberta education today stem from underfunded schools. Today's announcement is a transparent attempt to distract from funding issues with dubious culture wars. The government should talk to parents, who will tell them book censorship does nothing to solve the real issues students face. The education minister is nearly silent about the fact schools are laying off staff as Jordan's Principle funding dries up. The Minister also avoids discussing overcrowding in classrooms, funding levels that don't match inflation, support for special needs kids, and staff wages that don't keep up with the cost of living. Instead, Minister Nicolades bans books with gay and queer themes. Experts agree that in an age when teens can access pornography at almost anytime, young people need literature with healthy depictions of sexuality. Sex is something kids know about, and need to learn about in thoughtful and respectful ways. The UCP plan to divert attention from the failures of their own education system will only hurt teens who need adults to actually be adults about sex." :clc/cope 491 View source version on Contacts Lou Arab, Communications Representative 780.271.2722 larab@
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Columbia County residents protest possible library censorship guidelines
COLUMBIA COUNTY, Ga (WJBF) – The Freedom To Read Coalition of Columbia County was outside the Columbia County Library this morning protesting guidelines that were put in place in September. These guidelines would move books in the county's public libraries based on content which has many Columbia County citizens frustrated. The county's new plan is to withdraw from the Greater Clark's Hill Library Region and become its own single county region within the state library system. Officials with the county say this move is for the library to be more independent so they can address the citizens' needs. Many feel this change is an excuse to move and remove books from the libraries. 'Moving the book from where it's supposed to be is a form of censorship and is essentially book banning. Taking it from where it was supposed to be and you're making it harder to find, in a sense you're hiding it, you're trying to hide it in the library from the audience that it was intended to be written for,' said Karin Parham, CEO of Freedom to Read Coalition Columbia County. Many say they feel the commissioners are censoring materials at libraries when it should be up to the parent or person to decide what they or their children will read. 'If we are a free country, free people read freely. We don't need the government coming in and enforcing these weird guidelines to tell us what books are available. I think that every parent is more than capable of watching their own child in the library and deciding for themselves if a book is okay or not okay,' Parham said. Parham says she loves seeing the community come together for any issue going on and fight for what they believe in. 'I just think it's great to see our community engaged in ways that we're passionate about and this is a way for people to be involved in their local community and in community government, we have a voice, and we have more of a voice here locally than we do on a national level,' said Parham. The move will be effective on January 1st of 2026. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
