‘Everywhere Babies,’ a picture book celebrating infants, on list of banning targets in Florida

The author and illustrator of the classic board book « Everywhere Babies » speak with The Post about being on a banned-book list in Walton County, Fla.

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Unsurprising that Florida tries to ban a play. First it's educational material, then math texts, then racial texts, then LGBTQ+ discussions, then religious discussions for non-christians and now theatre. #Floridastategovernment can't get enough of directing people how to think. #censure #floridaisfake

A play about censorship is censored — and free speech groups are fighting back https://www.npr.org/2023/01/10/1148182892/indecent-paula-vogel-censorship?sc=18&f=1001

A play about censorship is censored — and free speech groups are fighting back

PEN America and two other free speech groups are calling for school officials in Florida to reinstate a high school production of Paula Vogel's <em>Indecent</em>, a play that is itself about censorship.

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Political vacuum in Haiti deepens as senators' terms expire

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti awoke Tuesday stripped of its last democratically elected institution — this time, its Senate — an alarming development that solidifies what some call a de facto dictatorship nominally in charge of a country wracked by gang violence.

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EXPLAINER: Roots of the Brazilian capital's chaotic uprising

SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of Brazilians who support former president Jair Bolsonaro invaded the Supreme Court, presidential palace and Congress on Jan. 8 in an episode that closely resembled the U.S.

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As Brazil reels from riots, Bolsonaro finds home in Florida

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — As Brazil reels from mobs of rioters swarming its seats of power, its former leader has decamped to a Florida resort, where droves of supporters flocked to cheer on their ousted president.

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Pro-Bolsonaro rioters storm Brazil's top government offices

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro who refuse to accept his election defeat stormed Congress, the Supreme Court and presidential palace Sunday, a week after the inauguration of his leftist rival, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Conservatives take aim at tenure for university professors

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — When Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick asked Texas colleges to disavow critical race theory, the University of Texas faculty approved a resolution defending their freedom to decide for themselves how to teach about race.

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Biden called gay marriage 'inevitable' and soon it'll be law

WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade ago, then-Vice President Joe Biden shocked the political world and preempted his boss by suddenly declaring his support for gay marriage — one of the country's most contentious issues — on national television.

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