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Here's the schedule for the DNC's third night in Chicago featuring Walz, Clinton and Amanda Gorman

Democratic National Convention organizers have released the schedule for the event’s third day

The Independent UK

Queen Latifah To Host NAACP Image Awards

Event happens March 16 on BET, CBS

Broadcasting & Cable

1 killed at Chiefs parade shooting; Russia is developing a space-based nuclear device

A shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade killed one woman and injured at least 21 others, including children. Russia is developing a nuclear capability that could target satelites.

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A prison art show at Lincoln's Cottage critiques presidents' penal law past

Prison Reimagined: Presidential Portrait Project is on exhibit at President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington. The work of incarcerated artists challenges U.S. presidents' records on mass incarceration.

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Prince Gyasi’s 2024 Pirelli Calendar wraps timeless artistry with community notes

From international supermodel Naomi Campbell, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to renowned actor Idris Elba, and revolutionary producer Jeymes Samuel, this year’s Pirelli Calendar featured leaders, inventors, writers, and icons through the lens of photographer Prince Gyasi, Kaleigh Werner writes

The Independent UK

Angela Bassett weighs in on honorary Oscar win: 'I'm thrilled'

EXCLUSIVE: The Black Panther star spoke to The Standard as she celebrated the launch of the Pirelli 2024 calendar in London

Evening Standard

The 2024 Pirelli Calendar Features an Impressive Cast, Including Naomi Campbell and Angela Bassett

Both the cast and the concept are pretty remarkable with Ghanaian visual artist Prince Gyasi taking the reins creating a truly "Timeless" work of art.

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Prince Gyasi becomes Pirelli calendar’s first black photographer

Naomi Campbell, Idris Elba and Amanda Gorman among those photographed by Ghanaian artist for firm’s exclusive annual calendar

The Guardian - UK

Pink to distribute banned books at Florida tour dates

Singer to give out 2,000 free copies of books in state that is center of hotbed of challenges to free speech

The Guardian - US

Scholastic reverses decision to separate books on race, gender and sexuality

After backlash, company will no longer separate catalog at school fairs, which allowed districts to opt out of diverse books

The Guardian - US

Scholastic to separate books on race, gender and sexuality for book fairs

Children’s book publisher will allow US districts to include or exclude separate list, a decision that has led to a backlash

The Guardian - US

‘Chilling’: Ariana Grande, Amanda Gorman and others sign letter against book bans

Letter, spearheaded by Reading Rainbow’s LeVar Burton, includes 175 signatories calling on Hollywood to fight bans in US schools

The Guardian - US

Author-illustrator Loren Long, who has worked with Barack Obama among others, has 6-figure book deal

The illustrator of bestselling children’s books by former President Barack Obama, Madonna and poet Amanda Gorman has a six-figure deal with a Macmillan imprint for two of his own projects

The Independent UK

Parent who got popular poem banned from kids school admits she hasn't read it

After the poem got taken off the curriculum, the mum later revealed that she had not read the poem or the books she complained about, and she admitted to not being a reader

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DeSantis appears to back woman who led Amanda Gorman poem school ban

Florida governor accuses media of creating ‘ridiculous poem hoax’ after complaint targeted verse recited at Biden inauguration

The Independent UK

Latest GOP 2024 hopeful DeSantis 'blazing a trail' on book bans in Republican-controlled states

As he vies for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting a series of measures he has pushed that have led to an upswing in banned or restricted books — not just in Florida schools but in an increasing number of other conservative states

The Guardian - US

Florida mother behind ban on Amanda Gorman poem has Proud Boys links

Social media posts picture Daily Salinas at Proud Boys events and show she posted antisemitic content online

The Independent UK

Florida mom who tried to ban Amanda Gorman’s book has ties to far-right groups

A woman at the centre of a widely derided complaint attended rallies and protests with extremist groups and posted antisemitic content as she joined far-right book ban activism, reports find

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Gorman complainer linked to Proud Boys

Mother who got poem yanked pushed QAnon and "Protocols of the Elders of Zion," an antisemitic conspiracy theory

The Independent UK

Amanda Gorman ‘gutted’ after poem banned at Florida school

Poet’s ‘The Hills We Climb’ now only accessible to middle school students at Bob Graham Education Center

Tribune News Service

Editorial: DeSantis’ book ban is here. Don’t say gay, don’t say ‘slave’ at this Miami-Dade school

Perhaps it’s because of how Amanda Gorman alluded to the Jan. 6 attack in her famous poem, finished the night after rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol: “We’ve seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Amanda Gorman’s poem for Biden’s inauguration banned by Florida school

A parent’s complaint led to the poem, ‘The Hill We Climb,’ being placed a restricted list by an elementary school. ‘I’m gutted,’ the poet said in a Facebook post.

The Independent UK

Amanda Gorman ‘gutted’ her acclaimed poem banned for elementary students at Florida school

Poet’s ‘The Hills We Climb’ now only accessible to middle school students at Bob Graham Education Center

WEKU

1 complaint led a Florida school to restrict access to Amanda Gorman's famous poem

One week after a parent complained, Gorman's The Hill We Climb was moved. The NAACP chapter in Miami says it wants "to ensure that it takes more than one form to remove our history and heritage."

The Independent UK

Florida school bans poem recited by Amanda Gorman at Biden inauguration

The poem will not be available to elementary school students at the Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes

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