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Dept. of Ed. has declared book bans a ‘hoax,’ all investigations dropped (www.artsatl.org)

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The US Department of Education (DOE) announced in a press release Friday that its Office of Civil Rights (OCR) will no longer investigate book bans in schools and is dropping all pending investigations of book ban complaints within the office, calling the complaints a “hoax.” One of the 17 book ban complaints filed with the...

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Since we’re changing the names of Denali and the Gulf of Mexico, can we just change this shit show to Department of Indoctrination?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Why shut it down when you can weaponize it.

[–] Tramort 3 points 1 week ago

If the bans are a hoax then it means the banned books are permitted, right?