WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- The Association of American Publishers issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: * * * Court Permanently Blocks Enforcement of Arkansas Act 372 * * * The US District Court for the Western District of Arkansas today declared Arkansas Act 372 unconstitutional in an opinion indicating that the law is overbroad and void for vagueness, and permanently enjoined its enforcement. The Arkansas law would have subjected librarians and bookstore owners to criminal prose more PR

BINGHAMTON, New York, Dec. 25 (TNSres) -- Binghamton University issued the following news: * * * Allen Loomis, PhD '24, researches the role of window glass in English literature and culture * * * In 1575, Queen Elizabeth I stood behind Kenilworth Castle's large bay windows to observe the entertainment underway in the courtyard. "It was a spectacular moment. Elizabeth was able to watch the show while also situated in a window above the courtyard for all to see," recounted Allen Loomis, who r more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- Democracy Forward, a legal organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release on Dec. 24, 2024: * * * Decision is a rebuke of attempts to polarize communities and deprive Americans of bedrock freedoms * * * Fayetteville, AR - Today, a federal judge ruled unconstitutional portions of Act 372 of 2023, a state law championed by Governor Sarah Huckabee more PR

CARY, North Carolina, Dec. 25 -- Literature and Theology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it provides a forum for the explorations of how religion is embedded in culture, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2024 edition (Vol. 38, Issue 2): Articles * The hard, bloodless surface of a mirror: Patricia Highsmith's Kierkegaardian anatomy of anxiety * Music as preternatural in Geoffrey Hill's poetry Book Reviews * Heresy and Borders in the Twentieth Century, By Kari more PR

CARY, North Carolina, Dec. 25 -- Literature and Theology, a peer-reviewed journal that says it provides a forum for the explorations of how religion is embedded in culture, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2024 edition (Vol. 38, Issue 1): Articles * Blakean anti-wisdom in Thomas Merton's proverbs * Music as incarnated beauty in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion: a neoplatonic reading * After eco-theocide: the shift from ecological conservation to eco-theologic more PR

OXFORD, England, Dec. 25 -- Ornithological Applications, a peer-reviewed journal from the American Ornithological Society that says it features the conservation and management of birds and to policy, published research articles on the following topics in its Nov. 4, 2024, edition (Vol. 126, Issue 4): RESEARCH ARTICLES - Citizen Science * Despite short-lived changes, COVID-19 pandemic had minimal large-scale impact on citizen science participation in India * Two listeners detect slightly more more PR

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, Dec. 25 -- The Political Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features political and social reform, published research articles on the following topics in its October/December 2024 edition (Vol. 95, Issue 4): Article * The Economic Competence of the Labour Party in Historical Perspective * Left Conservatism: Sahra Wagenknecht's Challenge to the German Party System * French Social Democracy in Turmoil * How to Build Progressive Public Services with Data Scienc more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a review of the accomplishments of the 2021-2024 Democratic majority Senate Judiciary Committee, which includes a compilation of the four years under Chair Durbin's leadership and during the Biden-Harris Administration. "Our country demands much of the Senate Judi more PR