Military Families Sue over Defense Department School Book Bans, Other Anti-Diversity Measures

Families suing DOD over alleged whitewashing of curriculum at military schools

Military families are suing the Department of Defense for allegedly whitewashing curriculum at schools on military bases. The lawsuit — which accuses DOD schools of banning diverse books, cultural heritage months and student protests — comes as the Trump administration targets mentions of diversity and gender in education. “Censorship is always the wrong choice, and it’s certainly the wrong choice...

Military Families Sue over Defense Department School Book Bans, Other Anti-Diversity Measures

Alleging First Amendment violations, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday evening against the Department of Defense Education Activity and the Pentagon on behalf of 12 students in pre-K through 11th grade from six military families who attend schools on bases in Virginia, Kentucky, Italy and Japan.

Kentucky families among those suing Defense Department schools over book purges

The ACLU is representing six families — including two with children attending elementary school in Fort Campbell — who accuse the Department of Defense of violating their First Amendment rights by removing books from their school libraries.

Students at Pentagon schools sue Hegseth over book bans on race and gender

Lawsuit argues that culling library books prevents children from learning about health, hygiene, biology and abuseTwelve students studying in Pentagon schools in the US and around the world are suing the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, over the book bans he has instigated to remove titles on race and gender from their libraries.A lawsuit lodged on the students’ behalf by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) on Tuesday argues that their fir…

Black Veterans Raising Alarms of Anti-DEI in Military Can Affect Recruitment

In January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning the Defense Department from promoting its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) content resulting in the removal of web pages dedicated to prominent people of color, including General Charles C. Rogers, a Black recipient of the Medal of Honor. Black veterans are now raising alarms that … Continued