A state legislator in Arkansas earlier this month introduced a bill with a very specific and highly unconstitutional goal: to ban all books by or about historian Howard Zinn from public school classrooms in the state. The bill is scheduled…
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She Changed Comics: Rose O’Neill, Champion of Suffrage
Many people may not recognize Rose O’Neill’s name until you mention her most famous creation: Kewpies. O’Neill became one of the highest paid illustrators (male or female) of the early 20th century largely because of her cherubic creations, but she didn’t sit on her laurels — she used her fame and popularity to campaign for women’s right to vote.
VICTORY in Wisconsin: The Glass Castle Remains in High School Curriculum
In another victory for the freedom to read, a school district review panel in Marshfield, Wisconsin unanimously voted last week to keep Jeannette Walls’ memoir The Glass Castle in the curriculum for high school sophomores. A parent initially complained of…
CBLDF Joins Coalition Opposing Oklahoma Science Bill
CBLDF has joined a letter from the National Coalition Against Censorship opposed to an Oklahoma bill that would allow teachers to impose personal beliefs on “scientific controversies” rather than adhering to scientific consensus. CBLDF joins coalition efforts like these to protect…
Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythology, Jill Thompson’s Wonder Woman: True Amazon, and More Signed Books to Benefit CBLDF!
This week CBLDF is rewarding your donations with great books including Norse Mythology, View from the Cheap Seats, DC Universe by Neil Gaiman, Sandman: Overture, Absolute Sandman Volume One, and Absolute Death — all signed by Neil Gaiman — and Wonder Woman: The…
Humble Bundle and IDW Publishing Creators Showcase Bundle Expands for Charity, Including CBLDF
IDW Publishing and Humble Bundle have joined forces on a digital comics bundle in support of charity featuring the best original titles IDW has to offer! Today, the bundle gets even bigger for your pay-what-you-want dollar, but there’s only a week…