Two moms are at the center of the fight against book banning in America. “We chose public schools because of diversity. But diversity is under attack. They’re targeting minority communities whose stories are only just getting out there on the shelves.”
, a report on state school board races that rates candidates with a color chart.
Many of the debate’s most potent issues — parental rights, gender identity, race and the future of schools — are emerging asin next year’s presidential election. DeSantis, a likely Republican candidate for president, has drawn praise from conservatives and parental rights groups for leading one of the most aggressive states in policing library shelves and the teaching of racial history.
“Book banning is being weaponized to harm LGBTQ+ students and students of color,” said Will Larkins, a senior at Winter Park High School in Florida, who was draped in a Pride flag while protesting alongside Cousins at the Orange County school board “We vacationed in Florida and liked the people and the weather,” she said after the meeting. When she and her husband, a software architect, decided to move here from Pennsylvania in 2014, “it was still the Florida ofand alligators in hurricanes. Just weird stuff,” she said. “But now it’s a fascist hellscape. With all the laws they’re passing, my family essentially isn’t safe here anymore. It’s a nonstop attack on human rights. We are considering moving.
She added: “It’s a David-and-Goliath situation. But we are having wins. A school district [in Pinellas County]With its 2,000 members, the Florida Freedom to Read Project is outnumbered by Moms for Liberty, which claims 115,000 members across 280 chapters in 45 states. Last year, Moms for Liberty endorsed 500 candidates in school board elections nationwide, and 275 of them won. The group has grown into a political force.
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