“They’re Bullying a Book About Bullying”: Children’s Author Responds to North Carolina Book Censorship
After a North Carolina school system yanked the book Jacob’s New Dress out of a first-grade lesson on what to do when someone is bullied, author Lesléa Newman' first… More
DARE: Daily Alert on Rights and Expression
North Carolina officials reach compromise on "bathroom bill" that is criticized by LGBT advocates, DOE office bans use of phrase "climate change, and more. More
PEN America Calls on UNCW to Address Hate Speech Incidents
PEN America today called on the administration of the University of North Carolina Wilmington to condemn unequivocally expressions of religious harassment directed toward a student and other anti-gay and… More
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