censorship New school board president sworn in on stack of banned books Mark Frauenfelder

olympics WTF is the Paris Olympic mascot? Gail Sherman

anti-vaxxers Defying all logic, anti-vaxxers hold a convention Jason Weisberger

graphic novels Tyranny and resistance in "Death Strikes," the graphic novel adaptation of a concentration camp opera Gareth Branwyn

hypocrisy Reno commissioner who insisted on religious invocations at county meetings walks out when Satanist gives opening prayer (video) Mark Frauenfelder

texas Celebrate Banned Books Week (October 1-7) with Harris County Public Library, which was recently declared a "book sanctuary" Jennifer Sandlin

president Cornel West is running for President Jennifer Sandlin

deaths Feminist scholar Maria Mies dead at 92 Elías Villoro

books Republicans no longer seeking to ban individual books go after the whole library Jason Weisberger

politics A new Black politics and culture magazine Elías Villoro

censorship Indoctrination is nothing new in Florida's schools Elías Villoro

History The long arc of counter-revolution to fascism, according to historian Gerald Horne Elías Villoro

politics Texas bill outlaws diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in Texas Higher ed. Elías Villoro

books Checking out the Black Speculative Arts Movement Elías Villoro

books Freedom Dreams finds "the future worlds Black radicals struggled to achieve" Elías Villoro

politics The origins of student debt Elías Villoro

ESP Is Precognition Real? Mitch Horowitz

books Malcolm X's former prison cell to be library for incarcerated people Thom Dunn

free speech New university dedicated to "truth", not awarding degrees Thom Dunn

films Watch: Mommy Mommy, Where's My Brain? Popkin