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Twelve students, ranging from pre-K to 11th grade, said their First Amendment rights were violated when hundreds of books related to race, sexuality, and gender were removed from their school libraries.

The students are the children of active duty service members and attend schools on military bases in Kentucky, Virginia, Italy, and Japan.

They and their parents were represented by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Teachers at the schools were directed to remove the books after President Trump's executive order banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs at federal agencies and similar guidance from Defense Secretary Hegseth.

The federal judges ordered the return of all books immediately.

Elizabeth Blair, NPR News.

In Against Our Will, Susan Brownmiller looked at rape as a weapon of war and the bias against victims among police and juries. In 1975, she told NPR that unlike victims of other crimes, women had to prove they resisted.

In Against Our Will, Susan Brownmiller looked at rape as a weapon of war and the bias against victims among police and juries. In 1975, she told NPR that unlike victims of other crimes, women had to prove they resisted.

Civil rights activists were critical of Brown-Miller's chapter on race, but Against Our Will became a bestseller that's been translated into several languages. Time magazine named Brown-Miller one of its Women of the Year for 1975. Elizabeth Blair, NPR News.

Civil rights activists were critical of Brown-Miller's chapter on race, but Against Our Will became a bestseller that's been translated into several languages. Time magazine named Brown-Miller one of its Women of the Year for 1975. Elizabeth Blair, NPR News.

A network of stations monitors pollution levels across the U.K. by drawing ambient air across disks of filter paper. Elizabeth Clare is a biodiversity scientist at York University.

A network of stations monitors pollution levels across the U.K. by drawing ambient air across disks of filter paper. Elizabeth Clare is a biodiversity scientist at York University.

Little bits of DNA sloughed off into the environment by creatures big and small. When Claire and her colleagues analyzed the filters, they found DNA from heaps of insects, spiders, plants, fungi, birds, and mammals. Each filter stored just a morsel of information.

Little bits of DNA sloughed off into the environment by creatures big and small. When Claire and her colleagues analyzed the filters, they found DNA from heaps of insects, spiders, plants, fungi, birds, and mammals. Each filter stored just a morsel of information.

The biodiversity of a nation and how it's changing. Ari Daniel, NPR News.

The biodiversity of a nation and how it's changing. Ari Daniel, NPR News.

Percival Everett never wrote a book called The Rainmakers, and Isabel Allende never wrote a book called Tidewater Dreams. But both of those fake titles and descriptions of them appeared on a summer reading list published in the Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The list of mostly fake books set off a wave of angry comments on social media.

Percival Everett never wrote a book called The Rainmakers, and Isabel Allende never wrote a book called Tidewater Dreams. But both of those fake titles and descriptions of them appeared on a summer reading list published in the Chicago Sun-Times and the Philadelphia Inquirer. The list of mostly fake books set off a wave of angry comments on social media.

This is the future of book recommendations when libraries are defunded and dismantled, lamented author and editor Kelly Jensen. The list didn't have a byline and came from content licensed from King Features, a unit of Hearst newspapers. But writer Marco Buscaglia has claimed responsibility for it. Huge mistake on my part, he tells NPR in an email.

This is the future of book recommendations when libraries are defunded and dismantled, lamented author and editor Kelly Jensen. The list didn't have a byline and came from content licensed from King Features, a unit of Hearst newspapers. But writer Marco Buscaglia has claimed responsibility for it. Huge mistake on my part, he tells NPR in an email.