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Reading Between the Bars

In this report, we seek to shine a light on the staggering realities of prison censorship and challenge its normalization, both legally and culturally. More

Books banned in Iowa schools

These 450 Books Were Banned in Iowa

Schools across Iowa pulled at least 450 books – including the Holocaust memoirs Maus by Art Spiegelman and Night by Elie Wiesel, dozens of classics, and books written for… More