All posts tagged "Karen Smith"

Toni Morrison’s unflinching narrative of child abuse, a story of six transgender teens, and a Nobel Prize winner’s autobiographical account of surviving the Holocaust: a Philadelphia school board president chose to be sworn in on these often-banned books instead of the Bible.

Central Bucks president Karen Smith’s oath went viral Tuesday as tens of thousands of people celebrated her stance against local GOP board members who tried to ban “sexualized content,” the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

“The Bible doesn’t hold significant meaning for me,” Smith told the news outlet. “The banned books, they do mean something to me.” ...

A men’s rights group is encouraging its followers to falsely accuse a sexual assault victims advocate of rape in a stunt intended to undermine the veracity of all rape accusations.

A US man convicted of murdering a young girl -- a crime he always denied committing -- is enjoying his first weekend of freedom in 38 years after a New York judge freed him.