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Book ban efforts by conservative parents take aim at library apps | NBC News
Campaigns that started with criticizing school board members and librarians have turned their attention to tech companies such as OverDrive and Epic, which operated for years without drawing much controversy. By David Ingram, May 12, 2022 E-reader apps that became lifelines for students during the pandemic are now in the crossfire of a culture war…
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Book banning is one step away from book burning | Editorial – Sun Sentinel
By Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Apr 14, 2022 at 3:52 pm The book-burning began only 100 days after Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany in 1933. Torchlight parades in 34 university towns led to bonfires where more than 25,000 volumes went up in flames for being “un-German.” Among them were the works of Germans Thomas…
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There’s new pressure to ban books at schools : NPR
Attempts to remove books from school libraries have increased, spurred by activism from conservative parent groups and resistance to teaching socially progressive ideas in schools. December 6, 20215:10 AM ET Heard on Morning Edition By Nomin Ujiyediin TRANSCRIPT: RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Attempts to ban books in schools are as old as books themselves. But there’s…
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Letters: What Ray Bradbury has to teach about banning books – Chicago Tribune
By Chicago Tribune | Nov 29, 2021 at 3:44 PM In agreeing with the editorial about book banning in school libraries (“Book banning at school libraries blinkers children in the worst way,” Nov. 28), we turn to Waukegan-born Ray Bradbury who wrote “Fahrenheit 451,” the classic novel about firefighters whose job is to start fires…
