MoveOn’s Banned Bookmobile Ran Out of Books in Just 10 Minutes

MoveOn’s Banned Bookmobile had its first look at NEA’s annual convention in Orlando, Florida, on July 5, and it was a hit! So much so that we gave all of our banned books away before the event was even over. That’s right—we ran out of books to give away in just ten minutes.  Keeping up the momentum, we kicked off our official Banned Bookmobile tour in Chicago the following week.  We chose to jump-start our tour in Chicago to celebrate Illinois enacting the nation’s first ban on book bans—a proactive…

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President Joe Biden, Russia’s Vladimir Putin confer for 50 minutes in phone call about Ukraine

President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for nearly an hour Thursday but neither backed down from an escalating standoff over Ukraine, where Moscow is massing troops along the border and demanding major concessions from the West to avoid a war. Mr. Biden threatened more U.S. economic sanctions and … The Washington Times stories: White House

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