Two parents in West Chicago, Illinois want the LGBTQIA-themed children’s picture book This Day in June by Gayle Pitman removed from the local public library, and the anti-gay Illinois Family Institute is encouraging supporters to attend a library board meeting…
UK Woman Who Faced Police Questioning Over Book Wants Independent Investigation
A British Muslim woman who was detained and questioned at a Yorkshire airport last year for reading a book about Syrian art and culture is still pushing for an independent investigation into the incident. Despite ample evidence that South Yorkshire…
Nominations Open for Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award
Cartoonists’ Rights International has opened nominations for their Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award. You can nominate “a cartoonist or group of cartoonists who have displayed courage in the face of threats to their life or liberty.” The nomination deadline is…
New GNs Signed by Jason Aaron, Becky Cloonan, Brian K. Vaughan & More Benefit CBLDF!
This week CBLDF is rewarding your donations with some excellent graphic novels, including The Other Side, Scalped, Southern Bastards, and more signed by Jason Aaron; By Chance or Providence signed by Becky Cloonan; plus Saga Books One and Two and Y: The Last Man signed by Brian K. Vaughan!…
Fanny Hill: The ‘Ban’ That Wasn’t
It was a story made for sensational headlines and easy clickbait: Fanny Hill, John Cleland’s 1748 faux memoir of a London prostitute, was supposedly banned at a modern British university for fear of offending delicate millennial students. But close on…
Judge Rules Arizona Ethnic Studies Ban Unconstitutional and Discriminatory
A federal judge ruled yesterday that Arizona’s ban on ethnic studies curricula is both unconstitutional and designed with discriminatory intent. Judge A. Wallace Tashima has not yet issued a final ruling on the next steps, but academic freedom advocates are…