The Economist.
I'm Jason Palmer, and this is the Weekend Intelligence.
Today we're revisiting a story we first told in December 2023
about a book called "And Tango Makes Three".
I'm with Andy Miller, who reported that story.
Andy, remind us quickly why you were reporting on it.
Jason, this is a cute children's picture book about penguins,
two male penguins, real penguins in Central Park Zoo, who raised a chick called Tango.
And somewhat surprisingly, it was seized on by culture warriors in America.
And for me, the story of "And Tango Makes Three"
was a kind of window into the debate about books and censorship and reading, particularly in schools,
and about the whole question of gay rights in America.
And this is nearly three years ago you reported this story,
and at the time the authors of the book were fighting the ban.
How has that fight gone?
The wheels of justice turn slowly and the fight is ongoing.
The authors sued two school boards in Florida,
one of which agreed to put the book back on the shelves having removed it.
But another, in Escambia County, has refused to do so,
and the book is not on the shelves of public schools there nor in some other parts of America.