Is there any guide in Iowa that will have a list of book banners

[rurallib]

running for school board the we can access so we don't vote for them in the school board elections next month?

Similarly anything on far right MAGAs running for city council or mayor in municipal elections?

Thanks for any help

[progressoid]

1. Not that I'm aware of.

Here on the local level, a group cropped up trying to become a version of Moms for Liberty. They called themselves the Alliance of Parents and Taxpayers or something like that. From what I've heard they weren't to savvy and may have disappeared. Regardless, keep an eye out for mysterious PACs that appear out of nowhere.


Regarding the books, the ACLU website has this:

The Des Moines Register examined 327 Iowa public school districts from August 2020 to May 2023. This is a list of 9 novels challenged more than any others:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
Tricks by Ellen Hopkins
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Sold by Patricia McCormick
Out of Darkness by Ashley Hope Perez
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison

https://www.aclu-ia.org/en/challenged-books-iowa-banned-books-week

[rurallib]

2. thanks