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Penguin Random House, Authors Sue Iowa Officials Over School Book Ban
30Nov By adminNo Comments
World

Penguin Random House, Authors Sue Iowa Officials Over School Book Ban

Updated Nov. 30, 2023 4:30 pm ETPenguin Random House has filed a federal lawsuit seeking to block school book banning in Iowa, the latest effort by publishers, authors and teachers to counter the removal of works from school classrooms and libraries.The legal action, filed Thursday in federal district court in the Southern District of Iowa, was prompted by a state law passed earlier this year that bans from school libraries or classrooms books that depict or describe sex acts. (Religious texts are exempt.) The law also bans books that address gender identity or sexual orientation for students in kindergarten through sixth grade.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Should Transgender Treatments Be Available to Minors?
1Nov By adminNo Comments
Business

Should Transgender Treatments Be Available to Minors?

Editor’s note: In this Future View, students discuss gender dysphoria and “gender transition” procedures for children under 18. Next week we’ll ask, “The state police are investigating anti-Semitic threats at Cornell, while Jewish students at NYU were advised to hide in the library as a mob surged onto campus. Years of campus agitation against Israel seem to have boiled over since the attacks of Oct. 7 into visible anti-Semitism in America’s universities. How should the nation’s campuses deal with this? What are we to make of a recent poll finding that 18- to 25-year-olds support Hamas at more than double the rate of older generations?” Students should click here to submit opinions of fewer than 250 words before Nov. 7. The best responses will be published that night.Copyright ©2023 Dow J...
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