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Authors of ‘And Tango Makes Three’ Sue Over Florida Law Driving Book Bans

By: Elizabeth A. Harris and Alexandra Alter
The authors of a picture book about a penguin family with two fathers sued the state and a school district that removed the book from libraries.

A lawsuit targeted a school district and the State of Florida over restricting access to a book about a penguin family with two fathers.

A Small NY University Fired Employees For Using Their Pronouns in Emails

By: Liam Stack
The firings set off a debate at Houghton University, a small Christian institution in western New York, which said its decision was not based only on the pronoun listings.

After Houghton University fired two employees for listing their pronouns in emails, some alumni have protested the decision as un-Christian.

Yeshiva University’s Ban on L.G.B.T.Q. Club Leads to Scrutiny of Funding

By: Liam Stack
A lawmaker asked inspectors to look at millions given to the university, which has argued it is a religious institution, not an educational one, to justify its ban on an L.G.B.T.Q. club.

Yeshiva University has said it is a religious institution, not an educational institution. But that raises questions about whether it can receive public funds designated for schools.

Inside the College Board’s Revised African American Studies Curriculum

By: Dana Goldstein
A guide to some changes in the curriculum, and how the new course differs from standard treatments of Black history in American high schools.

An entire unit on “the origins, mission and global influence of the Black Lives Matter movement and the Movement for Black Lives” has been deleted from the 2022 framework.
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