Colorado Public Radio is experiencing its largest layoff in at least a quarter century and a new discrimination complaint related to the firing of one of its most prominent hosts. Why it matters: The media…
DENVER — Former Colorado Public Radio host Vic Vela has filed a civil rights and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaint against the company. The complaint accuses CPR of not accommodating Vela's disability,…
Award-winning podcast and radio host Vic Vela says Colorado Public Radio monetized his story of addiction and recovery, then fired him after he asked for accommodations for those same disabilities. Vela on…
A former librarian has filed a lawsuit against Llano County, Texas, and local library officials after she says she was fired for refusing to purge certain books from the library's collection. "A…
For years, censorship issues have plagued the Llano County Public Library (TX). In late 2021, the Llano County Commissioners Court demanded that the public library thoroughly evaluate every book for children…
GILLETTE, Wyo. — A former library director from Wyoming is out of a job, and she said it's because she pushed back against book bans. According to the American Library…
Former Kingsland librarian Suzette Baker has filed a lawsuit against Llano County over her employment termination in 2022. Baker was fired after she refused to remove books deemed as “pornographic”…
Corrections and clarifications: This story, reposted from the Austin-American Statesman, has been updated to reflect that "Gender Queer" is a book recommended for ages 15 and above. A previous version of…
A former librarian is suing Llano County in the Texas Hill Country region for firing her after she refused to remove books with content related to race and LGBTQ+ experiences,…
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — She refused to ban books, many of them about racism and the experiences of LGBTQ+ people. And for that, Suzette Baker was fired as a library…