'Explicit' Sex Claims ‘Exaggerated,’ Black and LGBTQ+ Characters Overwhelmingly Targeted, New Book Ban Analysis Finds A new PEN America analysis of books banned during the 2023-2024 school year shows which stories were disproportionately removed from shelves — and debunks “exaggerated” claims about books that feature...

36% of all banned books contain a character or a real person of color. But sure, this is about protecting the children. people.com/sex-claims-e...

Measles are back. We're probably going to lose Medicaid. I was in Chicago last week and went grocery shopping with my daughter and the eggs--yeah, I know, but still--were $8.99 for 12. This was at Jewel which is owned by Cub, so this is not a grocery store with carpet and olive bar.