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Marylou1916

@marylou1916.bsky.social
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Woke Boomer. Amateur artist. Amateur writer. Friend of animals and admirer of all things honest and beautiful.

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10h
"Driver-volunteers go to homes to drop off diapers, baby formula, toilet paper, groceries... "Drivers switch routes and cars, write addresses on paper, and carry a water bottle so they can drop the paper in water and obscure the addresses if stopped... kansasreflector.com/2026/10/02/t...
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Trump's immigration sweeps leave southwest Kansas communities looking for way forward • Kansas Reflector
DODGE CITY — Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues ...
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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 20h
On this day in 1942, a 40 year old Polish woman perished in Auschwitz after being incarcerated for 81 days. before being imprisoned she was a housekeeper. her name was Józefa Frąckowiak Please support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
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Monica Morrill @mmorrillart.bsky.social · 10h
Art cards are available in my etsy store monicamorrillart.etsy.com
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 5h
#OTD in 2009 biologist Dr. Carolyn Greider & biochemist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn shared the #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (w/J. Szostak) for discovering of telomerase & how chromosomes are protected by telomeres. Monumental implications for the #aging & #cancer research fields. #WomenInSTEM
A portrait-style photograph of American molecular biologist Dr. Carol W. Greider (born April 15, 1961) on the left, standing slightly ahead of Australian-American molecular biologist Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn (born November 26, 1948) on the right. Both women are positioned from the chest up, smiling warmly and directly at the camera against a minimalist, seamless off-white background. Dr. Greider wears a vibrant, structured red coat over a cream-colored top, her shoulder-length blonde hair parted in the middle and framing her bright expression. Dr. Blackburn wears a heavy, charcoal-grey tweed coat over a black shirt, accessorized with a delicate gold chain necklace bearing a round pendant. She has light brown, shoulder-length hair and thin-rimmed oval glasses. The lighting is soft and even, highlighting their joyful expressions in a mood of shared triumph and deep professional camaraderie. Taken in March 2009, shortly before they jointly received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, this image holds profound historical significance, representing a landmark celebration of their co-discovery of the enzyme telomerase and its role in chromosome protection.
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Cyndi @savannahpeace.bsky.social · 9h
THIS is happening. In the Holocaust Museum/Houston there’s a dimly lit display room containing a large mound of shoes Only shoes,children’s shoes. They belonged to children whose lives were extinguished by the same sort of adult cruelty on display in this picture This is a warning…
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10h
ICE is now separating children from their parents in the nation’s interior and deeming them “unaccompanied.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 6h
Respiratory illness season 🤧 is right around the corner - masking 😷 can help prevent the spread of germs through sneezes and coughs Plus it keeps your nose warm in cold, icy conditions 🧂🧊 www.wired.com/story/ice-ha...
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ICE Has Been Dumping Protester Photos Into a Palantir Database
DHS agents not only tracked and intimidated people observing ICE activity in Maine, but stored information about them in a database run on Palantir software, newly unsealed court filings say.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10h
In Austin, a 9-year-old watched ICE detain and drive away with his mother, leaving community members to scramble to find him care. Senate Republicans just blocked a bill that would bar ICE from making arrests at school bus stops. Their cruelty is endless.
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'It Has to Stop': Community Members Condemn ICE Arrests at Bus Stops After GOP Blocks Bill to Protect Kids | Common Dreams
Republicans in the US Senate blocked a bill to protect school bus stops from ICE arrests, leading to outrage in Pennsylv
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Monica Morrill @mmorrillart.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Out of the Blue XXIV 30x48 acrylic on canvas
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 7h
100%! #BookSky
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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 20h
On this day in 1942, a 14 year old Dutch Jewish girl arrived at Auschwitz with her mother and 5 siblings where they were murdered. Two siblings were also murdered in the Shoah and two survived. Her name was Rachel Ensel Support @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 7h
Lepiota procera, 1894 watercolour by Beatrix Potter. Best known for her children's books. Potter also studied mycology, the scientific study of fungi and was a keen conservationist #WomensArt
Watercolour featuring a study of three mushrooms or toadstools of the same species against a cream background
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Monica Morrill @mmorrillart.bsky.social · 7h
Islands in the Mist 30x60 acrylic on canvas Available at The Gallery at Mattick's Farm in Victoria, BC
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 6h
#OTD in 2015, Chinese pharmaceutical chemist & malariologist Tu Youyou won the #Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria." The therapy saved millions of lives—particularly across Asia, Africa, and South America. #wow #WomenInSTEM
A close-up photograph captures Tu Youyou (born 1930), the historic Chinese pharmaceutical chemist, malariologist, and educator who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering artemisinin, a breakthrough malaria therapy that saved millions of lives globally. She is positioned on the left side of the composition, facing forward while gazing warmly toward the right with a soft, gentle smile and thoughtful eyes. She wears thin, oval-shaped metallic eyeglasses secured by a black beaded lanyard chain draped over her ears, and a textured, dark red knit sweater featuring a black pattern around the collar. Her dark hair is styled back in a voluminous, short cut. The minimalist background consists of a solid, dark slate-blue wall with the blurry top of a white ceramic teapot visible in the lower right corner, casting a peaceful, revered, and deeply dignified mood that honors her immense contribution to global public health.
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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 6h
Farm workers are knocking on doors asking voters to vote for Randy Villegas for CD 22. Since they began last week, they've knocked on 4,986 Spanish language doors to a great response. Their message is simple. Randy supports farm workers. Support us by voting for Randy Villegas.
A voter holding a UFW Randy Villegas pamphlet that the UFW canvasser spoke toA voter holding a UFW Randy Villegas pamphlet that the UFW canvasser spoke toA voter holding a UFW Randy Villegas pamphlet that the UFW canvasser spoke toA voter holding a UFW Randy Villegas pamphlet that the UFW canvasser spoke to
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John Cocker @joecocker.bsky.social · 20h
On this day in 1925, a Czech Jewish boy was born. On the 3 Aug 1942 he was deported to Theresienstadt with his mother and then on the 8 Sep 1942 to the Malý Trostinec extermination centre where they were murdered. His name was Hanuš Fink
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 7h
ICE hurt this man in national city his mouth was bleeding. Does anybody recognize him?
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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 9h
🚨BREAKING: The NAACP sued the Trump administration, seeking records about its plan to deploy roughly 1,000 federal personnel to polling places during the 2026 midterms. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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DOJ sued for records on ‘unprecedented’ plan to deploy 1,000 election monitors in midterms
DOJ's planned effort represents an extraordinary expansion of federal election monitoring. It has already sparked confrontations with state officials and concerns about voter intimidation.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 7h
Christi Belcourt, Métis visual artist who creates paintings inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork #UnlockingWomensart
Painting with a symmetrical design featuring flowering plants with different coloured blossoms against a black background
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Xenta @xenta.bsky.social · 12h
Friends, we're ok A busy day My colleagues are already in the process of moving to Western Ukraine It makes me sad That's exactly what russian scum want from us-to make people flee Kyiv I just fed the cats Going to read in bed
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Senator Tim Kaine @kaine.senate.gov · 13h
On World Teachers’ Day, we celebrate the educators who inspire students and uplift communities. As the proud dad of an early childhood educator and husband of a professor, I know how much they do to invest in the next generation. Thank you!
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 12h
💚 Looking for ways to support CDC staff? Check out @cdcmutualaid.bsky.social organized by CDC staff for CDC staff. Proceeds go to helping fired CDC staff pay rent and other bills. 💵 Donations: www.cdcresourceportal.org 🛒 CDC mutual aid store: cdc-mutual-aid-network.printful.me
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Mutual Aid Network Portal
From Gratitude to Action
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 10h
Your state and local health departments are a critical source for outbreak and other health-related information, especially now that federal data are being compromised. Look up your health departments by state and county for more info.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 10h
The Trump regime’s border wall construction damaged the Las Playas Intaglio, a 6,500-7,300-year-old fish-shaped geoglyph in Arizona.
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Trump's Border Wall Construction Destroys 6,500-Year-Old Arizona Geoglyph – Older Than Stonehenge
Arizona's 6,500-year-old Las Playas Intaglio, the oldest dated geoglyph in the Americas, was irreparably damaged by border wall construction in April 2026.
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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 23h
If you’re still wearing a mask, thank you. Please know you’re not alone. Many of us still mask, test and isolate when sick. Being the lone masker can be difficult, but your long term health is worth it. As a high risk, immunocompromised person… I see and appreciate you.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 16h
🧵 Nearly 12,000 (11,982) books were banned in public schools during the 2025-2026 school year, according to PEN America’s newly updated Index of School Book Bans. #BannedBooks #BannedBooksWeek
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 14h
Japanese photographer Miyoko Ihara's photographs of her grandmother, Misao's bond with her much loved cat Fukumaru #WomensArt
Photograph featuring an older smiling Japanese woman with her white cat on her lap with a sunflower in her hair and on the cat's head
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 14h
Multiple immigration detainees in Minnesota have been ordered released by federal judges only for them to be immediately re-detained by immigration officers at the doors of the Whipple Federal building.
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Catch, release, catch: Inside ICE's new 'farce' tactic
Multiple immigration detainees in Minnesota have been ordered released by federal judges only for them to be immediately re-detained by immigration officers at the doors of the Whipple Federal buildin...
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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 10h
Putin launches attacks against Ukrainian civilians every day, but all that Trump envoys seem focused on is how to make money by working with him. The indifference to Putin's atrocities in pursuit of oil deals is deeply disturbing to me, and I bet it is to a lot of Americans. What are your thoughts?
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 13h
The goal in detaining these children, a former official says, is “to make sure no one ever sends their kids to the US again.” Read @samanthamichaels.bsky.social + @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social report on the administration's new family separation policy that targets children in the nation's interior.
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“You kidnapped my son”
ICE is now separating children from their parents and deeming them “unaccompanied.”
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Project Gutenberg @gutenberg.org · 18h
Indigenous Languages Decade (2022-2032) Building a global community for the preservation, revitalization and support of indigenous languages worldwide. www.unesco.org/en/decades/i... #indigenous_language
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Indigenous Languages Decade (2022-2032)
Building a global community for the preservation, revitalization and support of indigenous languages worldwide.
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Xenta @xenta.bsky.social · 12h
Friends, help someone my son cares about His commander Yaroslav's mother, Vira, is 67, fighting cancer since 2024 She's had 3 surgeries, now in remission, but needs more chemotherapy It costs about $360, a lot for a simple family from Poltava My son asked me to help her DM me if you can help❤️🙏
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Xenta @xenta.bsky.social · 12h
Styopka’s wisdom Compassion is not about saving the whole world. Sometimes it is simply refusing to look away when one person needs you. #StyopkasWisdom
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 14h
Today, October 5 is the last day to register to vote in Georgia. You can use this resource to check your voter registration status and more:
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Are You Registered To Vote? | American Civil Liberties Union
The ACLU is always working to protect Americans' right to vote and access to the polls. As a critical election season begins, make sure you know if you're registered to vote: click on your state in the map below below to find your voter registration site, or view a complete list of registration sites by clicking "view data."
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 11h
This ancient Greek figure from the 2,500 year-old Douris Cup looks uncannily like someone working on a laptop! 😲 💻 He’s actually writing with a stylus on a hinged wax writing tablet! The technology has changed, the posture has not! 😂 Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me
My photo shows detail from an ancient Greek red-figure kylix (drinking cup) of a young man shown in profile seated on a stool facing right. He wears a knee length cloak (himation) over his left shoulder, which is shown in folds around his waist and upper legs. His right shoulder, chest, and arms are bare. His dark hair is short, and he wears a band around his head. He is looking down at an open rectangular wax writing tablet which he is supporting in his left hand above his lap. In his right hand he holds a metal stylus pen poised over the writing tablet. The wooden writing tablet is hinged like a book and, from this angle, resembles a modern laptop. The figure is part of a scene depicting school lessons in ancient Athens, painted by Douris around 480 BC. On display at the Altes Museum in Berlin.
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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
When the weekend has come to an end and you genuinely don't know how you're going to survive another 5 day work week.
Jinx the green eyed tabby bobtail laying on her white fluffy blanket looking rather forlorn.
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George @retiredsurgassist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Another day another mass shooting. people.com/2-dead-35-pe...
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2 Dead, 35 People Wounded in Shooting at Crowded Homecoming Weekend Block Party in Georgia
Two people are dead and more than 30 others are injured after a shooting broke out at a block party in Georgia. More than 1,000 people were at the gathering for Dooly County High School’s homecoming w...
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
My cat has no idea what geopolitics is. She only knows When the explosions are loud enough to hide. And somehow that tiny detail Explain this war better than a thousand speeches #ukraine #cats #war #ukrainians #ukrainiangirl
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purr.in.ink @purrinink.bsky.social · 15h
🐾🐾🤍
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(Debbie)🐕🐈🐘🐼☕️🎶⚖️🌊 @felicianmitzi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Some of us were barely t women Some of us told someone Some of us were quiet Some were told we were lying Some were told to forget about it and smile. I'm Jane Doe I'm the woman you don’t know I'm the girl who froze I'm the girl who said no I'm the one who spoke I'm every woman We're All Jane Doe
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 14h
Surround yourself with the kind of people who find the Oxford comma to be illuminative, beautiful, and necessary.
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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 15h
Physical chemist Ruth Benerito died #OTD in 2013. She pioneered a key chemical process, cross-linking, which led to wrinkle-resistant cotton fabrics. It transformed the cotton industry & helped save it from competition w/synthetic fibers. #WomenInSTEM She held >50 patents. #inventor
Color photograph of scientist Ruth Benerito in a chemistry laboratory. She is an older woman with curly white hair, wearing large round gold-framed glasses, subtle makeup, small black earrings, a silver ring, and a light blue lab coat over a collared shirt. She sits or stands thoughtfully with her chin resting on her hand, gazing slightly off-camera with a serious, contemplative expression. Behind and beside her is complex scientific glassware apparatus, including a round-bottom flask labeled "BUCHI PLASTIC-GLAS," green-tinted tubing, a distillation setup with clamps, connectors, and other lab equipment mounted on stands. The background shows more blurred lab instrumentation, evoking a professional research environment at the USDA Southern Regional Research Center where she conducted her groundbreaking work on cotton chemistry.
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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 17h
A necklace commission I made for a US customer who adores thistles: it started with a Victorian silver thistle flower charm, I made a recycled silver flower bud & thistle leaf,added a facetted peridot & fluorite (I think the natural stripes echo tartan just a little)& a clover-shaped charm holder☘️ :
A recent necklace commission I made using a Victorian silver thistle flower charm
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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
2027 calendars are here! I picked twelve of my favorite landscapes for my first ever calendar. Here’s a peak inside! The printing is just beautiful. We only made a limited quantity and once they’re sold, we won’t print anymore. Cheers and thanks for all the love and support.
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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 16h
Morning Kitten
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For the Love of Missy @missybbbobtail.bsky.social · 18h
No matter how educated, talented, rich or important you believe you are, how you treat animals tells me everything I need to know about you.
Jinx the green eyed tabby bobtail displaying her glorious whiskers from her black Halloween blanket.
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Ellin Stein @ellinst.bsky.social · 16h
Exactly. As a friend of mine said, "I don't want AI writing my stuff so I have more time to do the laundry. I want AI to do the laundry so I have more time to write."
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Niall Harbison @niallharbison.bsky.social · 15h
Mr Big lost his battle today. I suppose we all knew it was coming but it still hits hard. I’m happy his body can now relax as I think the pain was starting to bother him. He was a bundle of fun. Always up for an adventure. Always giving 100%. The sort of dog who just makes you smile non stop. 💔
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Little Free Library @littlefreelibrary.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's #BannedBooksWeek! Join us in celebrating access to all books all week. Learn more about how to get involved: lflib.org/bbw
Colorful book spines on a shelf with titles like 'The Catcher in the Rye' and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' under the bold text 'I share BANNED BOOKS!'.
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 16h
NEW: PEN America today reported nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools nationwide during the 2025-2026 school year—the largest number in a single year. New state censorship laws accounted for much of the increase, coupled with the use of AI to remove books en masse: pen.org/press-releas...
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Nearly 12,000 School Book Bans Nationwide in 2025-2026—Biggest Number in a Single Year
PEN America today reported nearly 12,000 book bans in public schools nationwide during the 2025-2026 school year—the largest number in a single year. New state censorship laws accounted for much of th...
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