With elections next month, Central Bucks School Board’s Karen Smith reminds community members of the chaos and divisiveness Republican book banners inflicted on the district just a few years ago.
PEN America’s new report “The Normalization of Book Banning” exposes how book censorship has become “rampant and common” in public schools across the United States.
When politicians order books off the shelves, they aren’t protecting kids—they’re silencing voices, narrowing choices, and undermining the very purpose of a public education, writes Darren Laustsen.
This is the ninth in a series of interviews with school board candidates from across Bucks County.
Banned Books Week will take place October 5 – 11, with the theme “Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.”
If a book or an activity offends their narrow and extreme beliefs, it’s not enough for Christian Nationalists to not read the book or take part in the activity – they try to stop everyone else as well.
“I am not buying his ‘I have changed, I blame the school board’ message,” said Warminster’s Nancy Pontius.
I was shocked that anyone would consider him a good choice, writes Centennial parent Nancy Pontius.
Pen America, which reported more than 10,000 books banned in the last school year, said in a court filing that what the parents from the Maryland school district want is “a constitutionally suspect book ban by another name.”
As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death.
With elections next month, Central Bucks School Board’s Karen Smith reminds community members of the chaos and divisiveness Republican book banners inflicted on the district just a few years ago.
PEN America’s new report “The Normalization of Book Banning” exposes how book censorship has become “rampant and common” in public schools across the United States.
When politicians order books off the shelves, they aren’t protecting kids—they’re silencing voices, narrowing choices, and undermining the very purpose of a public education, writes Darren Laustsen.
“Honestly, what excites me most about Dara’s talents is how excited she is to be part of the team and grow the organization,” said Bucks County Beacon Owner and Publisher Emily Smith.
