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My 2nd round of testimony against Texas House Bill 3225

Barbara Jordan, […]

By Chris Barton|2025-05-19T17:27:04-05:00May 19th, 2025|book banning, book bans, Chris Barton, HB 3225, HB3225, House Bill 3225, Texas book ban|0 Comments

My essay about book bans in Texas Observer

A Texas Observer […]

By Chris Barton|2025-05-05T11:28:58-05:00May 5th, 2025|book banning, book bans, Chris Barton, Texas book ban, Texas Observer|0 Comments

My testimony against Texas House Bill 3225

At the Texas Capitol on Monday evening, I was among […]

By Chris Barton|2025-04-16T19:19:03-05:00April 16th, 2025|book banning, book bans, Chris Barton, HB 3225, HB3225, House Bill 3225, Texas book ban|0 Comments

Resources for “A Voice for Libraries”

This Sunday, I’ll be talking about book banning in one […]

By Chris Barton|2024-10-07T17:30:34-05:00September 27th, 2024|Alton Yates, Amanda Jones, Barbara Jordan, book banning, book bans, Chris Barton, freedom to read, HB 900, HB900, House Bill 900, Mike Hixenbaugh, Moving Forward, PEN America, READER Act, Texas book ban, Texas Freedom to Read Project, That Librarian, They Came for the Schools, What Do You Do With a Voice Like That|0 Comments

My new SLJ essay, “Is There a Looming ‘Dog-Man’ Crisis?”

I’m pleased to share the essay that I wrote for […]

By Chris Barton|2024-01-08T11:20:40-05:00January 8th, 2024|book banning, book bans, censorship, Chris Barton, Dav Pilkey, Dog Man, elementary school civics, HB 900, HB900, House Bill 900, READER Act, School Library Journal, SLJ, Texas book ban|0 Comments

The case against the Texas book ban, a.k.a. House Bill 900, a.k.a. the READER Act

[May 29, 2026 […]

By Chris Barton|2026-05-29T10:07:34-05:00September 19th, 2023|book banning, book bans, HB 900, HB900, House Bill 900, READER Act, school libraries, Texas, Texas book ban, Texas school libraries|0 Comments

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