Town Square
Banned books and the impact on our society
Posted on · Banned Books Week brings awareness to challenged and banned books
Tag: Banned Books Week
Houston Matters
Texas social media law moves forward, but more challenges await (Sept. 20, 2022)
Posted on · On Tuesday's show: A new Texas law preventing social media companies from censoring posts based on political views will be allowed to take effect after a court ruling last week. But the legal battle over it is far from over.
Arts & Culture
Huntsville residents push back after city removes ‘Read With Pride’ display from public library
Posted on · City Manager Aron Kulhavy says Huntsville is discontinuing all library displays until city officials can respond to community concerns and review their policies regarding displays.
Houston Matters
Full Show: The Doctor-Patient Relationship, And How The Disabled Are Depicted In Media (Sept. 24, 2019)
Posted on · On Tuesday's Houston Matters: Improving doctor-patient relationships, how people with disabilities are represented in film and TV, and Banned Books Week.
Literature
Banned Books Week: Chitra Divakaruni, Altruistic Author
Posted on · How book banning and intellectual freedom look outside of the United States.
Literature
Banned Books Week: Chuck Jackson, Professor Creating Change
Posted on · How does culture ban books for some? And, more importantly, how can we un-ban them?
Literature
Banned Books Week: Nancy Pearl, Egalitarian Librarian
Posted on · The most librarian of librarians talks about "unconscious book banning" and the democracy of librarianship.
Houston Matters
Educators and Activists Discuss Banned Books Week
Posted on · This week (Sept. 25 — Oct. 1, 2016) is Banned Books Week, celebrating intellectual freedom and the freedom to read in the United States. In her web series Writing the City, Houston Public Media's Dacia Clay is highlighting the event all this week with interviews with educators and activists. That included a conversation with James […]
Full Show
Energy, Environmental, and Health Policy Challenges in Court: Wednesday’s Show (September 28, 2016)
Posted on · The full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday (Sept. 27, 2016) heard oral arguments over a case challenging the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan. West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency is seen by many environmental and industry watchers as one of the most important environmental cases in nearly a decade, as it will decide whether […]
Literature
Banned Books Week: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante
Posted on · Love may be a battlefield, but schools are the theaters of war when it comes to intellectual freedom.
Literature
Banned Books Week: James LaRue, American Library Association
Posted on · Do we still need Banned Books Week when we have the internet?
Houston Matters
Celebrating Banned Books
Posted on · Brazos Bookstore‘s Benjamin Rybeck talks about celebrating Banned Books Week, which highlights literary works that are banned from libraries or other institutions for various reasons.