Scout Reads
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Lover of human rights, books, dogs, and cheese; proponent of the Oxford comma
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"...and yes I said yes I will Yes."
📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 6 Dec 1933, #JamesJoyce won a landmark censorship battle when the US ban on his novel #ULYSSES was lifted. Judge John M. Woolsey declared the book was not pornographic, in spite of its unusual frankness.
📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 6 Dec 1933, #JamesJoyce won a landmark censorship battle when the US ban on his novel #ULYSSES was lifted. Judge John M. Woolsey declared the book was not pornographic, in spite of its unusual frankness.
December 6, 2025 at 1:31 AM
"...and yes I said yes I will Yes."
📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 6 Dec 1933, #JamesJoyce won a landmark censorship battle when the US ban on his novel #ULYSSES was lifted. Judge John M. Woolsey declared the book was not pornographic, in spite of its unusual frankness.
📖 #OTD in the #History of #Literature 6 Dec 1933, #JamesJoyce won a landmark censorship battle when the US ban on his novel #ULYSSES was lifted. Judge John M. Woolsey declared the book was not pornographic, in spite of its unusual frankness.
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There was a time a handful of public libraries banned books on booze and booze making in response to prohibition. Here's one from Springfield Library (MA).
December 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
There was a time a handful of public libraries banned books on booze and booze making in response to prohibition. Here's one from Springfield Library (MA).
I Love Libraries raises awareness of book bans by highlighting attempts to censor library materials, as well as efforts by librarians, parents, students, and concerned citizens to push back against them.
U.S. Book Challenges Update: November 2025 Edition
Libraries and schools across the country are experiencing unprecedented levels of attempts to ban or remove books from their shelves. I Love Libraries will continue to raise awareness by highlighting ...
ilovelibraries.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I Love Libraries raises awareness of book bans by highlighting attempts to censor library materials, as well as efforts by librarians, parents, students, and concerned citizens to push back against them.
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What To Know & How to Help Pass Three State-Level Anti-Book Ban Bills for 2026: Book Censorship News, November 21, 2025: Three states have anti-book ban bills on deck for 2026. Here's what they are, why they matter, and how you can get involved in their passage.
What To Know & How to Help Pass Three State-Level Anti-Book Ban Bills for 2026: Book Censorship News, November 21, 2025
Three states have anti-book ban bills on deck for 2026. Here's what they are, why they matter, and how you can get involved in their passage.
bookriot.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What To Know & How to Help Pass Three State-Level Anti-Book Ban Bills for 2026: Book Censorship News, November 21, 2025: Three states have anti-book ban bills on deck for 2026. Here's what they are, why they matter, and how you can get involved in their passage.
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Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Indigenous actress Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake
"Normal People author Sally Rooney’s books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to “uncertainty” caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the High Court has been told."
Normal People author Sally Rooney’s books may be pulled from UK sale due to Palestine Action ban, court told
Author has given her support to the banned group, the High Court heard
www.irishnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"Normal People author Sally Rooney’s books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to “uncertainty” caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the High Court has been told."
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TODAY: another big win for libraries - at least for now. The Librarian of Congress chooses the Copyright Register, not the President.
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Supreme Court bars Trump from firing Library of Congress official for now | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Wednesday blocked barred President Donald Trump from replacing a top official at the Library of Congress for now, deferring a decision on his emergency appeal until it resolves a ...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
TODAY: another big win for libraries - at least for now. The Librarian of Congress chooses the Copyright Register, not the President.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/26/p...
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"Jackson County Circuit Court Judge J. Dale Youngs, in a ruling on Monday, found that the 2022 law was too vague and broad and violated the Missouri Constitution."
Missouri schools banned books because of this law. A KC judge just struck it down
The 2022 law was part of a broader, coordinated effort to curtail school book content.
www.kansascity.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:51 PM
"Jackson County Circuit Court Judge J. Dale Youngs, in a ruling on Monday, found that the 2022 law was too vague and broad and violated the Missouri Constitution."
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NEW: ALA is sounding the alarm after the Administration announced new steps to dismantle the Department of Education. School & academic libraries across the country rely on Dept. of Ed. funding and knowledge to best serve their students and faculty.
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
November 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
NEW: ALA is sounding the alarm after the Administration announced new steps to dismantle the Department of Education. School & academic libraries across the country rely on Dept. of Ed. funding and knowledge to best serve their students and faculty.
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
More: www.ala.org/news/2025/11... #ForOurLibraries
Regional library systems across the state are now tasked with determining the compliance of books with Tennessee’s “age-appropriateness” laws, as well as federal law and President Donald Trump’s slate of anti-trans executive orders.
Some Tennessee Libraries Shut Down For “Emergency Closure” Over Transgender Books
It is unclear how many other libraries have or may need to temporarily shut their doors in order to cull their children’s sections for gender-subversive content.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Regional library systems across the state are now tasked with determining the compliance of books with Tennessee’s “age-appropriateness” laws, as well as federal law and President Donald Trump’s slate of anti-trans executive orders.
The Massachusetts Senate is expected to pass a bill today that would set statewide rules for removing material from school libraries.
What's in the anti-book ban bill the Mass. Senate is expected to pass
The Massachusetts Senate is expected to pass a bill today that would set statewide rules for removing material from school libraries. Here's a look at the details.
www.wbur.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The Massachusetts Senate is expected to pass a bill today that would set statewide rules for removing material from school libraries.
Roxane Gay is spot on:
The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Roxane Gay is spot on:
Election Roundup: A Good Night for the Freedom to Read
Advocacy Update: November 5, 2025
Advocacy Update for the week of October 30 to November 5.
www.bookweb.org
November 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Election Roundup: A Good Night for the Freedom to Read
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Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
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Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
bookriot.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
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State school board says Harford County’s book ban shouldn’t have happened
State school board says Harford County’s book ban shouldn’t have happened
Maryland’s school board is reversing Harford County’s decision remove a book from public school libraries — the first time the state has intervened in a local decision about what’s appropriate...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
State school board says Harford County’s book ban shouldn’t have happened
Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country.
The Normalization of Book Banning
This report offers a window into the complex and extensive climate of censorship between July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
pen.org
November 4, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country.
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"Book Riot notes that there’s an active chapter of Moms For Liberty in Contra Costa County where San Ramon is located, which puts political pressure on public schools and libraries to censor topics on race, sexuality, and gender."
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Authors in Bay Area on Tour for Kids’ Book About Censorship Told Not to Discuss Banned, Queer Books
In an ironic twist indicative of our times, authors Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin-Pritchard were about to go on stage to discuss their new kids’ book 'The Day the Books Disappeared' at a San Ramon elem...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
"Book Riot notes that there’s an active chapter of Moms For Liberty in Contra Costa County where San Ramon is located, which puts political pressure on public schools and libraries to censor topics on race, sexuality, and gender."
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A chapter in the new womensart book 'Reframing Women Printmakers' explores creative #printmaking in protest, including in women's Civil Rights activism & zine making in the Riot Grrrl era....Art below left by LaToya Hobbs of Black Women of Print bookshop.org/beta-search?...
November 2, 2025 at 6:15 AM
A chapter in the new womensart book 'Reframing Women Printmakers' explores creative #printmaking in protest, including in women's Civil Rights activism & zine making in the Riot Grrrl era....Art below left by LaToya Hobbs of Black Women of Print bookshop.org/beta-search?...
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“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess...”
Per Danny Kemp via press pool
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
Trump is at the Halloween party at MAL
“Official theme is Gatsby and ‘a little party never killed nobody’, we’re told.”
November 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess...”
"In her first appearance during a special-called meeting Oct. 30, former college swimmer Riley Gaines and the Sumner County Library Board could not move forward with a controversial ban on transgender books for all county-run libraries."
Sumner County fails to pass transgender book ban after fourth attempt
A Middle Tennessee county has spent months trying to ban transgender books from public library shelves.
www.tennessean.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
"In her first appearance during a special-called meeting Oct. 30, former college swimmer Riley Gaines and the Sumner County Library Board could not move forward with a controversial ban on transgender books for all county-run libraries."
One of the reasons that The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, is one the most banned books in the United States:
October 29, 2025 at 2:39 AM
One of the reasons that The Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck, is one the most banned books in the United States:
A federal judge ordered the Department of Defense Monday to return books about gender and race back to five school libraries on military bases.
Books about race and gender to be returned to school libraries on some military bases
The order is to be implemented at school libraries on military bases in Kentucky, Virginia, Italy and Japan. Students and their families claimed their First Amendment rights had been violated when off...
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October 27, 2025 at 2:20 AM
A federal judge ordered the Department of Defense Monday to return books about gender and race back to five school libraries on military bases.
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47 books removed. From a Texas public library. “Weeded.” Targeted for removal based on ideological complaints. So not “weeded.” Censored. Banned.
October 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
47 books removed. From a Texas public library. “Weeded.” Targeted for removal based on ideological complaints. So not “weeded.” Censored. Banned.