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Disinformation is a growing voter suppression tactic aimed at Black communities. How can we fight it? Yosef Getachew from @CommonCause, Candice Fortman from @media_outlier & Heather Harding from @campaignfuture will discuss @PressClubDC 9/28. RSVP: http://bit.ly/3r7sScs #ALC51

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University of Idaho’s legal counsel told faculty members that if they provide birth control (including condoms) to students or even mention abortion in certain contexts, or they could be fired for violating the state’s new anti-abortion law. https://jezebel.com/university-of-idaho-told-faculty-they-could-be-fired-fo-1849582850

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More books banned.

More districts.

More states.

More students losing access to literature.

“More” is the operative word for our #BannedInTheUSA report on school book bans, which offers a comprehensive look at bans throughout the 2021–22 school year: https://pen.org/report/banned-usa-growing-movement-to-censor-books-in-schools/

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