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Here Are the New Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills Texas Passed into Law

This session, the Legislature filed more anti-LGBTQ+ bills than ever before. The dozen that passed threaten to negatively impact queer Texans.

by Joelle DiPaolo

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Texas House Passes Raft of Dan Patrick Priorities Imposing Conservative Mandates on Public Ed

by Joelle DiPaolo

Texas Shouldn’t Legislate Censorship

by Chris Barton

‘It’s About Censorship, Erasure, and Control’: the GOP’s Push for Parental Rights

by Joelle DiPaolo

Mar 20, 2025

These Librarians Won’t Let America’s Fever Hit Fahrenheit 451

A new documentary shows us our local guardians of intellectual freedom in battle.

by Josephine Lee

Jun 20, 2024

A Small-Town Texas Librarian’s Big Stand Against Book Bans

In Llano County, a local librarian fought back against censorship, prompting a federal court fight and national recognition but losing the job of her dreams.

by Lise Olsen

Mar 11, 2024

The Booksellers’ Revolt

The READER Act would have required vendors to rate books on "explicitness" before selling to schools—and blacklisted those that didn't comply.

by Matthew Patin

Inside this month's print issue

Molly Ivins on School Vouchers (1997)

Another bad idea whose time has come in the Texas Legislature is upon us. It's time to revive my old proposal that Texas be made into a national laboratory for bad government. Having a bad idea in your state? Come to Texas and see how it works out in practice.

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Cameron is a white person with short brown hair , wearing a button down yellow shirt, and holding two armfuls of books on their shoulders, including "The Gravity of Us," "Maus," "Flamer" and other victims of Texas book bans. Jan 05, 2023

Students Taking Back ‘Ownership’ of Education

“We defended these books, which remained in the library ... We saw book banning slow down, and that was really phenomenal to see.”

by Michelle Pitcher

Tony Diaz, a Chicano man with short dark hair and wearing a dark shirt, speaks into a microphone at a protest against book bans at the Alamo. Sep 01, 2022

Houston’s ‘Librotraficante’ Calls on Chicanos to Combat Censorship

In his unusual new book, “The Tip of the Pyramid,” Tony Diaz preaches the need for “cultural accelerators” to combat right-wing reaction.

by Lise Olsen

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