Darren Laustsen has lived in Bucks County for over 35 years. He became involved in local politics after witnessing right-wing extremism consume his daughters’ school district. Darren is an outspoken voice in support of public education and against Moms For Liberty. He testified in Harrisburg in support of anti-book banning legislation and took the Pennridge School District to court uncovering a secret book banning operation initiated by school board members. Darren spoke to me about his activism in defense of public education and students’ freedom to read in Pennridge.
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Read Darren’s Articles:
- Why I’m Taking Pennridge School District To Court
- In Pennridge School District, Books Once Shadow Banned Are Now in the Trash Can
- Uncovering the Cover-up: How Republican Pennridge School Board Directors Secretly Banned Books
Also Listen To:
- EPISODE 2 – The Merchants of Deception: The Dark Money and Front Groups Behind School Privatization, with Maurice Cunningham
- EPISODE 6 – The Right’s Long War On Public Education, With Jennifer Berkshire
- EPISODE 7 – Understanding Backlash Politics And Religious Conservatives Inciting School Board Wars, With PRRI’s Melissa Deckman
- EPISODE 10 – Raising A Transgender Child In An Increasingly Transphobic Country, With Brett Freeman
- EPISODE 11 – Unmasking Moms For Liberty’s Extremism, With Olivia Little And Diana Leygerman
- EPISODE 21 – Understanding the Nation’s Mounting Book Banning Crisis in Public Schools, with PEN America’s Sabrina Baêta
- EPISODE 30 – ‘The Education Wars: A Citizen’s Guide and Defense Manual’, with Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider
