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LeVar Burton & MoveOn Drop “Read Banned Books” Exclusive Shirt for National Banned Book Week

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Proceeds from the shirt, as worn by LeVar Burton, Ariana DeBose, Margaret Atwood, Maia Kobabe, W. Kamau Bell, Josh Malina, and Ann Patchett , Adina Porter, Baratunde Thurston, available at LeVarSaysRead.com will fund ongoing efforts to distribute free banned books and fight censorship. Washington, D.C. – Today MoveOn Political Action and LeVar Burton announced the release of a new original T-shirt for sale in support of their collaboration fighting book bans at the start of National Banned Book Week. The limited-edition Read Banned Books shirt features the likeness of the lifetime literacy champion LeVar Burton and is for sale here. The shirt will fund MoveOn’s Banned Bookmobile and…

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GQ on LeVar Burton’s & MoveOn’s “Read Banned Books” Exclusive Shirt for National Banned Book Week

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“What they’re trying to do offends me at the root of who I am and what I’m about.” LeVar Burton, Rosario Dawson, Andy Cohen, Rita Moreno, Ariana DeBose, Margaret Atwood, Maia Kobabe, W. Kamau Bell, Amber Tamblyn, Josh Malina, Ann Patchett, Anthony Rapp, Jason Collins, Manny Fidel, Adina Porter, Franchesca Ramsey, Baratunde Thurston, Tess Gattsuto, Jessica Burbank, Akilah Hughes, Alimi Ballard, Travon Free, Piper Perabo,  Alysia Reiner, Chris Mosier, Lea Thompson, Angie Thomas, and Internet Today Washington, D.C. – As reported in GQ today, MoveOn Political Action and LeVar Burton released a new original T-shirt for sale in support of their collaboration fighting book bans for National Banned Book Week. The limited-edition Read Banned Books shirt features the likeness…

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Artists Against Book Bans: 170+ Celebrities Sign Petition Defending the Freedom to Read

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“A threat to one form of art is a threat to us all.” That’s what LeVar Burton, the former host of “Reading Rainbow” and executive producer of the 2023 documentary “The Right to Read,” believes, and it’s why he’s partnered with MoveOn to launch a campaign with creative leaders to bring heightened awareness to this dangerous form of censorship and exclusion. With a new school year just beginning, this letter is a timely response to Republicans banning a record number of books in the last school year, despite backlash and…

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Get Your Free Bookmarks Today and Support Our Mission to Fight Book Bans

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  MoveOn’s first ever Banned Bookmobile is on the move and will be traveling through multiple states, giving out as many banned books as possible to students to fight back against book bans by MAGA politicians like Ron DeSantis. We hope to see you on the road! But whether you’re able to join us in-person or not, you can still show your support! That’s right, MoveOn just released our brand-new, special-edition “The Books They Ban Are the Books I’ll Read Next” holographic bookmark—and we’re giving them away for FREE while…

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Comic Book Fans Shun Superheroes’ Woke Makeovers

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Did you know that Superman’s son is bisexual? So is Batman’s sidekick, Robin, and lots of other superheroes created by Marvel and DC Comics. The author of the bisexual Superman story says gay people write to say they “burst into tears” when they saw that the characters had become gay. While it’s nice to make LGBTQ+ people feel more welcome in the world, not everyone is happy. They became bisexual “out of nowhere!” complains comic creator Eric July in my new video. “They make it seem as if the only…

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