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Some Texas residents are asking for greater say in what titles appear on public library shelves.
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A groundbreaking feminist thinker, writer and activist, bell hooks was clearly uninterested in being safe, respectable or acceptable, and charted a career on her own terms.
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Commissioners voted to give $14 million in federal money to the other school districts, and said they would meet with RRISD and LISD leaders to discuss the issue.
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State Rep. Matt Krause launched an inquiry into school library books on topics like race and gender earlier this fall. A San Antonio district says it's reviewing some 400 titles that were on his list.
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The books were almost immediately pulled when they came under fire last year. Now, some are being removed permanently, while others will be put back in circulation.
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Until now, the State Board of Education has left library selections up to local schools.
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A coming-of-age memoir by a California writer has been seized upon by politicians who want greater control over the kinds of books available in Texas schools.
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It’s unclear why the governor tasked the state's education agency, which does not employ law enforcement officers, to perform the investigation.
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Republican Matt Krause is asking schools for an accounting of any book that "might make students feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress."
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El Paso's Cinco Puntos Press is joining forces with Lee & Low Press.