Tag Archives: censorship

The Fascist Right Goes for Sendak

By Robin Bates | Published: April 17, 2022

The authoritarian Christian right has now begun going after public libraries, one of which recently had Sendak’s “In the Night Kitchen” pulled.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 21, 2022

While not as bad as fascists for censoring reading materials, leftwing purists present their own problems.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 6, 2022

Are liberal and conservative banning practices equal. Despite some similarities, no.

By Robin Bates | Published: February 2, 2022

A Vietnamese-American authors surveys the books he loved growing up. Some were politically incorrect.

By Robin Bates | Published: January 31, 2022

Many iconic African American poems could discomfit certain white audiences. Will the right target those as well as black history?

By Robin Bates | Published: January 27, 2022

With attacks on school libraries and school curricula, it’s time to read “Fahrenheit 451” again.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 30, 2021

An author recounts how he encountered de factor censorship when trying to publish a novel on Congolese child soldiers.

By Robin Bates | Published: November 11, 2021

Banning books is set of accelerate and English teachers and librarians will find themselves as targets, just like medical professionals before them.

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By Robin Bates | Published: July 12, 2021

With rightwing attacks on Tennessee teachers, the Scopes Monkey Trial seems relevant again. Time to revisit “Inherit the Wind.”