Tuesday, June 24, 2025
The banning of books has become an increasingly scary issue across the country. In order to educate Ramapo students on the topic and to encourage them to read these texts, the Midnight Book Club hosted a banned books meeting on March 26. President of the club Rebecca Bleich ran the […]
No one wants to be told what they can and cannot do — especially teenagers. A generation of people who have been through more in their short period of time living than every other generation at their age, teenagers have been told since they were children that they need to […]
The topic of American book bans is a significant on-going conversation. With Banned Books week just passed, continuing these conversations about banned books and what is and isn’t appropriate content is essential. During the 2022-2023 school year, 3,362 books were banned in school districts across the United States. Some of […]
Across the U.S., authors are being silenced and students are kept in the dark. Experiences meant to build inclusion and support are now being brushed under the rug because American school districts are banning books deemed “harmful.” The number of banned books has increased to over 2,500. In the previous […]
Photo courtesy of Element5 Digital, Pexels. Book banning is a long-standing battle teachers, librarians and book-lovers have been fighting. The topic resurfaced into the mainstream news when “Maus,” a graphic novel written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman based on his father's experience during the Holocaust, was banned by a Tennessee school […]
