Early this year, The New York Times reported that "parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades." The PEN America study found that a total of 1,648 individual book titles were removed from school libraries in 32 states during the last school year.

If it were up to me, I'd choose Rishi Sunak. Not because I think he's the best man for the job (or because my ex-husband has told me to: strange as it may seem, I do occasionally have opinions of my own).

It's because he's the one who got us into this mess in the first place by pushing out Boris.

Johnson, and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.  The library's Books Unbanned List currently has 23 books that are always instantly available for everyone as ebooks, with no holds or wait times. The titles include Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe, All Boys Aren't Blue by George M.

- To promote national education in schools from kindergartens to primary and secondary schools, to raise awareness to safeguard the national security. - To safeguard independence of the judiciary, and "enhance the confidence of the public and the international community" in city's rule of law. - To set aside HK$30 billion to establish the Co-Investment Fund for "attracting enterprises to set up operations in Hong Kong" and investing in their business through a co-investment model.

- Attract by 2027 at least 100 innovation and technology enterprises "of high potential" to set up operations or expand their presence in Hong Kong, including at least 20 "top-notch" firms.

The party is so far out of whack, so far gone in terms of credibility, he or she is doomed to failure.

And if that's the case, then why bother? If you've already written off the car, why go to the effort of changing a tyre? So really, it doesn't matter who replaces Truss.

As part of the announcement, there will also be an £8million fund to remove barriers to post-graduate research for black, Asian and minority ethnic students, with projects looking at admissions and targeted recruitment.

At its annual general meeting in Mumbai, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) also approved a women's Indian Premier League, which is likely to begin in March next year, after the men's event proved a massive hit.

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Although the library website still says that free cards for teens everywhere will be available "for a limited time," the CNN report notes that, due to the success of the program, the library plans to extend it indefinitely.

The Tories are fast catching up.

But even assuming by some miracle that they could agree on someone, it wouldn't help in the wider country. Italy, of course, has practically had a new leader each year since World War II. And that's because, understandably, people want what they voted for. Which, let's be honest, was not this.

- A two year, no strings attached visa will be granted to individuals earning salaries of HK$2.5 million ($318,475) or more during the past year, and to graduates from the world's top 100 universities with at least three years of work experience. - To introduce a bill to exempt the stamp duty payable for transactions conducted by dual-counter market makers.

The vast majority were "initiated by school administrators or board members … sometimes in response to comments from community members at board meetings." However, PEN America also notes that only 4% of book bans in 2021 resulted from official challenges.

Many public school districts are run by local boards of elected officials who have power over the policies of their school libraries. How are books removed from school libraries? These school boards often allow for book "challenges" -- arguments from an individual or group explaining why a book should not be made available to students. 

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If the committee or ruling group decides to remove the book from school libraries, the book is considered "banned" by the school district. School districts usually have committees of librarians or other school officials who will review book challenges.

Pretty soon she had a following of fans eager to see how she'd transform Adalynn's lunches and snacks into fantastical finger foods. At first it was her friends who commented, then friends of friends. Fast forward to 2021, when Michelle started sharing some of her daughter's cute, quirky, and creative meals on social media.