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Author speaks out as his book becomes one of the most banned in the U.S.

Tuesday, September 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Author George M. Johnson has found himself at the center of a culture war over what kids can read. Johnson’s memoir, “All Boys Aren’t Blue,” which chronicles his experience growing up as a Black queer man, is the second most banned book... Read More.

Controversial internet personality Andrew Tate banned from TikTok, Instagram and YouTube

Wednesday, August 24 by ABC News

(LONDON) -- The internet personality and former kickboxer Andrew Tate has spoken out after being banned from Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok this week, accused of misogyny. Tate, who first came into the public eye when he was ejected from the U.K. reality show Big... Read More.

What clinics in southern states where abortion is banned are doing now

Monday, July 11 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Two weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the South has become covered with abortion bans. Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Texas -- along with Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and South Dakota -- all now have near-total bans on abortion in effect.... Read More.

Transgender athletes banned from women’s sports in Louisiana

Tuesday, June 7 by ABC News

(BATON ROUGE, La.) -- Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards didn't veto or approve the Republican-led Fairness in Women's Sports Act, by the end of the legislative session Monday. The now-law that bans transgender women from participating in women's sports. "Whether it's intended or not, the... Read More.

Teens fight book banning with their own banned book clubs

Friday, May 20 by ABC News

(AUSTIN, Texas) -- As many school districts across the country continue to ban books, students are beginning to fight back by organizing protests and creating their own spaces to read and discuss these books. Sophomores Ella Scott and Alyssa Hoy of Austin, Texas, are two... Read More.

Why some fast food companies have banned ‘forever chemical’ PFAS from packaging

Friday, April 1 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- In an announcement last week, Consumer Reports revealed results after it tested 118 food packaging materials from U.S. restaurants and grocery stores, and found evidence of dangerous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in more than half of those products. The... Read More.

PA bans sale of invasive Ravenna Grass, Glossy Buckthorn, Common Buckthorn

Saturday, February 5 by Brittany Madera

Harrisburg, PA – The PA Department of Agriculture has added ravenna grass, glossy buckthorn and common buckthorn to a list of noxious weeds — plants that cannot be legally sold or cultivated in the state. The non-native plants spread aggressively into wooded areas and fields,... Read More.

Pulitzer-prize winning Holocaust book, ‘Maus,’ joins list of banned books in libraries, schools

Friday, January 28 by ABC News

(MCMINN COUNTY, Tenn.) -- "Maus," a Pulitzer-winning book about the Holocaust, has been banned in one Tennessee school district. The graphic novel by Art Spiegelman, chronicles how the author's parents survived the Holocaust in the Auschwitz concentration camp through depictions of animals -- with the... Read More.

Callery pear, AKA Bradford Pear, added to PA banned plants

Wednesday, December 22 by wcednews

Harrisburg, PA – The PA Department of Agriculture added Callery pear, or Pyrus calleryana, commonly called Bradford Pear to a list of noxious weeds — plants that cannot be legally sold or cultivated in the state. The popular, non-native, flowering fruit tree naturalizes, spreading from planted... Read More.

“The Hate U Give” book available for students with parental consent

Wednesday, November 24 by wcednews

DuBois, PA - A decision has been made about a book that was recently challenged as "inappropriate" by a family at a DuBois Area School Board meeting. DuBois Area School District decided that The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas will remain in the DuBois... Read More.

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