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Come and Take Them, Dan Patrick

An Abilene public school librarian has a message for the lieutenant governor and his book-banning crusade.

by Kalyn Gensic

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How a High School Librarian in Abilene Fought Back Against Moms for Liberty 

by Kalyn Gensic

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

by Joelle DiPaolo

Texas Shouldn’t Legislate Censorship

by Chris Barton

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

A few kids wave American flags under the direction of a Black woman at a Brave Books library event. Aug 07, 2023

Conservative Group Pushes Religious Books While Seeking to Ban Others

The Brave Books campaign promoted their own publications under the guise of protecting free speech.

by Steven Monacelli

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

Inside this month's print issue

Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our September/October 2026 Issue

A note from the editor-in-chief

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The Magazine

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

Nov 30, 2021

Beyond Books in Pottsboro

The Pottsboro Area Library is holding its community together through COVID-19—and making it better.

by Ali Montag

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