Book bans are a symptom of our communal poverty
Each year more books, normally available, are challenged by one group or another. Books are removed, reviewed; some are replaced, others discarded. What’s going on? What are we to make…
With Rising Book Bans, Librarians Have Come Under Attack
Martha Hickson, a high school librarian in Annandale, N.J., heard last fall that some parents were going to call for her library to ban certain books. So at 7 p.m.,…
How Book Bans Turned a Texas Town Upside Down
The group began convening around lunchtime last summer, inside of the rose-beige conference room at the Llano Library. They sat on red plastic chairs atop drab carpet, surrounded by donated…
The firing of a Texas librarian is only the latest attack on libraries
The firing of a Texas librarian is indicative of a larger problem facing librarians who defend books centered on the experiences of LGBTQ people and people of color in public libraries and…
Probe opened into Denver police shooting that injured 6
DENVER (AP) — Denver’s district attorney says she is opening a grand jury investigation into the actions of three police officers who wounded six bystanders while shooting at an armed suspect…
LoDo police shooting victims react to body cam footage
Willis Small IV was disappointed as he identified himself in body-camera footage from a police shooting in Denver’s Lower Downtown last month that injured six people and a man suspected…
Denver DA wants grand jury probe of police shooting that injured bystanders as body camera footage is released
Denver District Attorney Beth McCann is requesting a grand jury investigation after three city police officers shot into a crowded area in lower downtown Denver last month, injuring six bystanders…
Denver grand jury will review LoDo shooting that injured six bystanders
Police body-camera footage from a shooting that left six bystanders and a suspect injured last month in Denver’s Lower Downtown neighborhood was released Tuesday, following an announcement by the city’s…
