Texas school districts show some fight in response to the legislature's repressive new book bills.| franklinstrong.substack.com
Texas districts are being flooded with dishonest texts, flyers| franklinstrong.substack.com
A few notes on home and a poem by Terrance Hayes| franklinstrong.substack.com
One of the most common objections we hear at Texas Freedom to Read Project when we oppose a policy, bill, or book removal is, “This isn’t a book ban.” Here’s why that’s bunk.| Anger & Clarity
Annie Abrams, author of Shortchanged, connects the dots between book bans, standardized testing, and the corporatization of American schools.| Anger & Clarity
On the importance of books that deal with hard subjects.| franklinstrong.substack.com
Documents from Nacogdoches ISD show how book banners have become more efficient in recent years. ALSO: Do *not* let them tell you they're not going for classic books.| franklinstrong.substack.com
The bill, moving towards a floor vote in the Texas House of Representatives, would decimate advanced-level English classes.| franklinstrong.substack.com
This was a statement election.| franklinstrong.substack.com
Quick reactions to School Board Election Night in Texas| franklinstrong.substack.com
Early voting for the May 2025 school board elections starts Tuesday, 4/22. Use this guide to fight the book banners and Christian Nationalists.| Anger & Clarity
Texans resoundingly told the members of the House State Affairs Committee that we don't want the anti-library HB3225. They didn't listen.| Anger & Clarity
This one's about public libraries. Here's what to do.| Anger & Clarity
Yesterday, many Texas school districts held elections for their boards of trustees.| franklinstrong.substack.com
Believe it or not, that's an argument book-banning activists are making at the Texas Capitol. And lawmakers seem to be listening.| franklinstrong.substack.com
First notes on SB13| Anger & Clarity
Here's what you need to know.| franklinstrong.substack.com
This story out of Argentina is both frightening and fascinating.| Anger & Clarity
It's already started, y'all. We need to get working.| Anger & Clarity
Texas schools are becoming book deserts.| Anger & Clarity
Instead of listening to their constituents, Fort Bend ISD trustees lecture them. PLUS: What is Llano doing right? Katy, Conroe, and the rest of this month's School Board Roundup.| Anger & Clarity
Conroe ISD votes not to restore 19 books to classroom collections in a hearing that laid bare the flaws in its internal review process.| franklinstrong.substack.com
And: The Book-Loving Texan's Guide to the May 2024 School Board Elections is now live!| franklinstrong.substack.com
Princeton ISD is the latest district to fall victim to pressure from the Christian Nationalist group, following Fort Worth, Plano, & Conroe ISD.| franklinstrong.substack.com
A Timeline of Some Surprising (and Troubling) Book Removals| franklinstrong.substack.com
When an adaptation of a classic gets the Gender Queer treatment| franklinstrong.substack.com
The drama surrounding Drama, book bounties, and a naked sales pitch for SkyTree Book Fairs.| franklinstrong.substack.com
