Annie's Foundation Blog

January 12, 2025

SF 496 Refresher–Let’s Get You Up to Speed!

Timeline of Events Surrounding Iowa’s Book Banning Law (SF 496) In May 2023, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed SF 496 into law, marking a troubling ...

May 23, 2024

Why It’s Okay to Use the Word “Ban”

Perhaps the most predictable response that we receive when speaking out against book bans is that nobody is actually banning books. ...

April 12, 2024

Shedding Light On Book Bans: Understanding The Impact On Students And Society

I was fully prepared to dive into our first Supreme Court case, but then I got sucked into the comments about books bans on social media and decided I...

March 1, 2024

Constitutional Rights on Trial: The Clash over Books, Student Freedoms and Parental Rights

When we talk about the right to read, you might be surprised to learn that the debate surrounding control over students’ access to books in schools ...

January 27, 2024

Introducing the Annie’s Foundation Freedom to Read Blog

Hi all!  I’m Emily, Annie’s Foundation’s newest board member.  By way of introduction, I grew up in Des Moines, attending an excellent public ...