AFT boss Randi Weingarten shares her ‘concern’ with SCOTUS case on LGBTQ books
The Supreme Court has filed a well-known First Amendment lawsuit after the Maryland school board retracted the original opt-out policy for books relating to gender and sexuality and urged a federal lawsuit. The High Court appears to be with his parents ahead of the final ruling, but President Randy Weingarten, of the American Federation of […]
Supreme Court signals support for parents who object to LGBTQ books in Maryland school system
The Supreme Court on Tuesday supported a group of parents who sued the school board in suburbs Maryland for refusing to allow elementary school parents to opt out of classes with LGBTQ-themed picture books. The plaintiffs argue that the Montgomery County school system, just outside of Washington, D.C., cannot require children to sit through lessons […]
Supreme Court to consider whether students can opt out of reading LGBTQ books
The Supreme Court will consider Tuesday whether parents can opt out of children reading LGBTQ books in classrooms that contradict family faith. Parents in Montgomery County, Maryland claim that their children’s schools are violating religious freedom by not allowing them to opt out of lessons using books featuring LGBTQ storylines. The controversy began in November […]
The authors taking on Mark Zuckerberg – podcast | Books
Earlier this month, a group of protesters gathered outside the headquarters of Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. They had demonstrated that they were using millions of pirated books and research papers to feed a family of a generative AI model known as llamas. AJ West He is a bestselling historical novel […]
Children’s author says his faith-based books are a way to fight the culture war: ‘Kids are on the frontline’
Easter serves as a reminder of renewal and hope to many in the Christian faith, so the author of a series of new children’s books warns that the culture war and the battle for family values has not finished. Anthony Destefano is a bestselling author who is well known for his Christian-themed books for adults […]
ACLU fights to restore woke books Trump banned to protect military kids from gender ideology
American Civil Liberties Union announcement Submitted on Tuesday Litigation against the Department of Defense school system for removing books referring to “racial and gender” from libraries. Previously President Donald Trump signature Executive action The ban on diversity, equity and inclusion from the federal government has removed awakened gender ideology books from Department of Defense Educational […]
Michigan residents in Chelsea volunteer to move nine thousand books to Serendipity Books new store
A bookstore in a small town in Michigan novel An approach to travel. About 300 residents of Chelsea, a small Michigan city, formed a “Book Brigade” to move Serendipity’s books to new storefronts, according to a heartwarming video showing the efforts of a large team. Volunteers formed a pair of lines as they passed each […]
What Is Free Speech? by Fara Dabhoiwala review – a brilliant history of a weaponised mantra | Politics books
tHis book arrives at an interesting moment. Elon Musk declared himself a “free speech absolutist.” JD Vance is worried that European freedom of speech is “retreating.” Donald Trump issues an executive order that “restores freedom of speech and ends federal censorship.” Meanwhile, journalists are routinely abused and threatened by lawsuits and enemy of the brand […]
FACT CHECK: Did No Christian Consider The Deuterocanonical Books Scripture Until The Council Of Trent?
Posts Share with x Christians claim that even the Council of Trent does not consider the Bible of the Great Reporter. He really doesn't know they are considered historical writing, and could not be considered Canon until Trent? My Bible has a map behind it. That doesn't mean that publishers think they are inspired. pic.twitter.com/65b6eezm7o […]
‘Impressive, ingenious and affecting’ poem about missing an absent son wins National Poetry Competition | Books
Inspired by the writer's experience of missing out on his son after his son moved from the UK to Australia, the poem won this year's £5,000 national poetry competition. Fiona Larkin's poem “Absence” has grammar and was chosen from almost 22,000 entries. “The odds are so high that it feels like a lottery win,” Larkin […]