banned books

21 May 2024

Craigslist Post Looks For “Fit Woman” To Run Banned Bookstore For Nudists In Union Square

Are you a fit, fame-driven woman with dreams of sneaking bibles into Saudi Arabia while being butt naked? Well, if so, boy, do I have the gig for you!  Okay, the ad doesn’t explicitly say ‘nakedness,’ but it certainly seems like something George would be behind. Local nudist and former

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18 Oct 2023

What You Can Do To Liberate Banned Books

In celebration of October being National Book Month, we’re gonna look at banned books. According to the First Amendment Museum “’Challenging’ a book is the attempt to ban a book from a library, school district, institution, organization, government entity, retailer, or publisher based on its content. Challenges can either result

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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17 Apr 2017

Books from Banned Countries Part 4: Somalia

This is part of our Books from Banned Countries series. You can see them all here. You may think you know nothing about Somali literature, but you’re mistaken. Okay, perhaps you’re right and you can’t name a single Somali author. But unless you’ve been living under a rock somewhere way, way

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23 Mar 2017

Books From Banned Countries Part 3: Libya

This is part of our Books from Banned Countries series. You can see them all here. After a brief hiatus, the “In Translation” series returns with one of the lesser known Middle Eastern regions. This week’s installment focuses on Libyan literature. Once you’re done with their selection, you can ponder that

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