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       The Democratic National Committee's mobile billboard drives through the streets of Miami ahead of Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign launch on May 24, 2023. ​

      Rights Groups Alarmed as 'Fascist, Anti-Choice' DeSantis Launches Presidential Campaign

      "From his hostility toward racial equity and LGBTQ+ rights, to book bans, to one of the most draconian abortion bans on record, he poses an immense threat to our freedoms and our country's most vulnerable communities," said one critic.

      Jessica Corbett
      May 24, 2023

      "Of all the extremists gunning for the GOP nomination, Ron DeSantis might be the worst."

      That's what NARAL Pro-Choice America president Mini Timmaraju said in a statement Wednesday as Florida's Republican governor formally launched his long-anticipated campaign for the party's 2024 presidential nomination.

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      Rights Groups Alarmed as 'Unconstitutional' Attack on Academic Freedom Heads to DeSantis' Desk

      "Prohibiting ideas in the name of freedom is not freedom at all," said one critic of a bill that would outlaw teaching systemic racism in college courses. "It is censorship."

      Brett Wilkins
      May 04, 2023

      Civil liberties defenders on Wednesday decried yet another bill passed by Florida's GOP-controlled Legislature attacking academic freedom, while calling on Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to take the unlikely step of vetoing the measure.

      S.B. 266 would require Florida's Board of Education and its state university system's board of governors to establish faculty committees tasked with reviewing and, if deemed necessary, rejecting or adjusting all general education courses.

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      'Save the Books': Outcry Grows Over Digital Plan for Vermont College Libraries

      'Save the Books': Outcry Grows Over Digital Plan for Vermont College Libraries

      "How can you defend a higher education institution without books?" said a biology professor at Castleton University. "It's an embarrassing decision."

      Jessica Corbett
      Mar 13, 2023

      Students, staff, alumni, and bibliophiles remain outraged that libraries at Vermont's public college are set to lose vast portions of their book collections, despite a new "refined plan" to potentially retain volumes that "have been deemed academically valuable."

      Faced with intense backlash to the all-digital plan unveiled last month, the Vermont State Colleges System (VSCS) said Thursday that academic department chairs and the provost may now be allowed to decide which books survive the purge.

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