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Open Letter to the School Board of the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District
PEN America urges the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District not to pass the “Resolution Opposing the Teaching of Critical Race Theory.” More
Scope and Speed of Educational Gag Orders Worsening Across the Country
In the month since the release of our report, educational gag orders have grown more sweeping in scope and become law with increasing speed. More
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ICYMI: Check out this week's #PENTen interview with Daphne Palasi Andreades (@DaphnePalasiA), author of BROWN GIRLS. Daphne shares her advice for young writers, what she really wanted to get across to readers about Queens in BROWN GIRLS, and more: https://bit.ly/3I4jLjg.
A Republican legislator in Virginia who campaigned against critical race theory introduced a bill that incorrectly said the Lincoln-Douglas debates were between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. https://nyti.ms/3tsOuCz
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