parents, author,s and penn america filed the suit against the escambia county school district. the suit argues that school officials violated the first amendment in restricting access to books. here with me now is pen america s ceo suzanne nosel. thanks so much for being here. tell us the grounds for this lawsuit. sure, this case is emblematic of what we are seeing in a pattern across the country. we have hundreds of books that have been challenged by a single individual, one person launching a kind of summary challenge, clearly not even having read these books, and that initiates a process whereby in escambia county, there s a review committee that reads the book, that deliberates over whether the book should be on the classroom shelves, and there are case after case where that committee agreed that the book had value, that this was something children should have access to, that kids could benefit from these stories, but nonetheless, the school board overrode their decision, took
deliberates of the federal level, with that make any difference? i think so, because here is the thing. we will always be in debate about the mechanics of rights in america, but i think one of the things that is unquestioned right now is the essential human rights and dignity of trans people. and i think the most important thing about trans bill of rights, about inequality act for, is that it would affirm trans people as human beings. and worthy of human dignity in the united states. i mean, right now, that is in no way affirmed anywhere, and it is one of the vulnerabilities that we have, that people are exploiting, to try to win political office and implement this christianity nationalist fascism. amara, thanks as always, for your great analysis. amari jones is the founder and ceo of trans lash media, trans lash podcast, and in charge of
employees have tips tacked on to wages, but there are concerns that this is preventing employers from raising wages. here is a tip. i like to talk to a real norah: tonight, donald trump becomes the first former president in history to be found liable of sexual abuse and defamation. the breaking news after a federal jury awards former columnist e. jean carroll $5 million in damages. here are tonight s headlines. a jury in new york city deliberates for less than three hours in the civil trial against the former president. part of me was obviously very happy that donald trump was not branded a rapist. norah: breaking news, embattled congressman george santos charged by the justice department. what we are learning. new details about the texas mall shooter s disturbing online history. and the hero police officer who