design_law, to random
@design_law@mastodon.social avatar

"In a statement posted online Friday evening, Scholastic said it was necessary to segregate these titles because 'there is now enacted or pending legislation in more than 30 U.S. states prohibiting certain kinds of books from being in schools....'"

"What laws Scholastic believes would expose schools to liability for offering these books? Scholastic declined to answer the question."

https://popular.info/p/scholastics-bigot-button

cindyweinstein,

@design_law. "Prohibiting certain kinds of books." If is going to give schools the option to , at least have the courage to call it what it is -- , , -- and not hide behind this nauseating, cowardly language of obfuscation.

Nonilex, to transgender
@Nonilex@masto.ai avatar

The sweeping #redstate drive to roll back #CivilRights & #liberties

by Ron Brownstein

Since 2021, #Republican-controlled states have passed a swarm of #laws to restrict #VotingRights, increase penalties for #public #protest, impose new restrictions on #transgender youth, #BanBooks, & limit what #teachers, #college #professors, & #employers can say about #race, #gender, & #SexualOrientation.

#AbortionRights
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/09/supreme-court-republican-civil-rights/675265/

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