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More and more books are being banned. SoCal libraries find a solution – Los Angeles Times
California More and more books are being banned. SoCal libraries find a solution A worker shelves books at the Billie Jean King Main Library in Long Beach. The Long Beach Public Library is participating in Books Unbanned, a nationwide effort to provide access to books for young people. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times) By Annie…
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War of words: The fight over banning books – CBS News
By Martha Teichner, April 23, 2023 / 9:32 AM / CBS News Sunday MorningWar of words: The fight over banning books “Catch-22,” Kurt Vonnegut’s “Cat’s Cradle,” “The Great Gatsby,” Toni Morrison’s “Beloved,” “Lord of the Flies,” “To Kill a Mockingbird” … classics, and every one of them banned in some places. Said Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director…
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Report finds increase in attempts to ban books | KPBS Public Media
By Jade Hindmon / KPBS Midday Edition Co-Host, Andrew Bracken / Producer, KPBS Midday Edition Published September 19, 2022 at 4:03 PM PDT A new report from the American Library Association found a rise in the number of book banning attempts throughout the country. To help counter the trend, libraries this week are commemorating Banned Books Week,…
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Some states are changing the laws that govern community libraries : NPR
Thanks to Library Link of the Day for this one…http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/ (archive, rss, subscribe options) Heard on Morning Edition, By Jim Zarroli, June 21, 20225:12 AM ET When the Kentucky Legislature started mulling a bill that would tighten control over public libraries earlier this year, librarians across the state called their lawmakers pushing for its defeat.…
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Librarians push back against book-banning | Salon.com
“Book bans are about limiting kids’ freedom to read and teachers’ freedom to teach” By Kenny Stancil, Published May 12, 2022 5:00AM (EDT) The American Library Association, the American Federation of Teachers, and more than two dozen other organizations on Tuesday formed a coalition to fight the far-right’s record-breaking censorship barrage—wherein nearly 1,600 books were…
