HOW TO DIRECTLY IMPACT DEMOCRACY: BOOK CENSORSHIP NEWS, JULY 1, 2022
There’s no point in typing “it’s been a week” anymore because every week is A Week. But as we continue into a crumbling democracy, the growing sense of hopelessness is…
There’s no point in typing “it’s been a week” anymore because every week is A Week. But as we continue into a crumbling democracy, the growing sense of hopelessness is…
“We need to remain neutral in all that we do.” Those words emerged during a long board meeting in mid-November of the High Plains Library District (HPLD) in Colorado. The…
A citizens group in Llano County, Tex., has filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that county officials violated their constitutional rights when they unilaterally removed “award-winning books” from the…
The changes at the Llano County Library System began last October, right around the same time Texas state Rep. Matt Krause (R-Fort Worth) released a list of 850 books that he thought public schools…
LLANO, Tex. — In early November, an email dropped into the inbox of Judge Ron Cunningham, the silver-haired head chair of the governing body of Llano County in Texas’s picturesque…
Librarian Suzette Baker said she faced a hard choice last year when her boss asked her to hide a book on critical race theory behind the counter. “OK, I’ll look…
AUSTIN (KXAN) — On March 9, Suzette Baker was fired as head librarian at the Kingsland Branch Library in Llano County. “This is the final warning and termination,” Baker said,…
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…
... When librarian Brooky Parks created an LGBTQAI+ program and an anti-racism workshop for youth of color at the High Plains Library District in Weld County, Colorado, to provide a…
When Corey Wise was fired as superintendent from Douglas County Schools, it left students and parents at one of Colorado's largest school districts outraged. Students walked out of class and…