Tag: banning

  • Iowa rights groups sue over law banning LGBTQ+ books and discussion in school | Iowa

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    Several families are suing to stop Iowa’s new law that bans books from school libraries, forbids teachers from raising LGBTQ+ issues and forces educators in some cases to out the gender identity of students to their parents. The American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa and Lambda announced the federal lawsuit on Tuesday, saying the law…

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  • Cancun is Banning ‘Narco’ Concerts as Violence Soars

    Cancun is Banning ‘Narco’ Concerts as Violence Soars

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    El Komander poses for pictures prior to some music awards on August 11, 2015 in Mexico City, Mexico. Photo by Luis Ortiz/Clasos/LatinContent via Getty Images (L). A member of the Tourist Security Battalion of the National Guard stands guard at a beach in Cancun on December 2, 2021 (R). Photo by ELIZABETH RUIZ/AFP via Getty Images…

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  • Will Banning TikTok Help Kids? – Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta

    Will Banning TikTok Help Kids? – Chasing Life with Dr. Sanjay Gupta

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    Make no mistake, unregulated social media is a weapon of mass destruction that continues to jeopardize the safety, privacy and well-being of all American youth. It’s time to act. Dr. Sanjay Gupta 00:00:21 That’s Emma Lemke. It’s a name you probably need to remember because I have a feeling you’re going to be hearing it…

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  • Banning ideas and authors is not a ‘culture war’ – it’s fascism | Jason Stanley

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    A wave of Republican enthusiasm for banning concepts, authors and books is sweeping across the United States. Forty-four states have proposed bans on the teaching of “divisive concepts”, and 18 states have passed them. Florida’s Stop Woke Act bans the teaching of eight categories of concepts, including concepts that suggest that “a person, by virtue…

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  • Bill banning sale of kangaroo parts introduced in Oregon : NPR

    Bill banning sale of kangaroo parts introduced in Oregon : NPR

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    Grey kangaroos feed on grass near Canberra, Australia, March 15, 2008. A bill that would ban the sale of kangaroo parts has been introduced in the Oregon Legislature, taking aim at sports apparel manufacturers that use leather from the animals to make their products. Mark Graham/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Graham/AP Grey kangaroos feed…

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