Perumal Murugan, a Literary Suicide
"The trend in India of writers being harassed and stigmatized for their work is troubling. It is imperative that writers from both inside and outside India support these voices,… More
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As PEN America predicted, state legislators have created a climate in which #teachers are more afraid and #students are learning less. 🧵
Powerful thread on how educational censorship infringes on critical thinking about the past. https://twitter.com/JackieGardina/status/1619428644010733568
🧵 Students retain their #FirstAmendment rights in schools. In Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District... the U.S. Supreme Court held that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.”