Imagine a library, a place meant to provide free access to knowledge, diversity and creativity. Now imagine one that caters only to the political or religious majority, censoring ideas that don’t ...
SB 2307 (library censorship) is vague, expensive, subjects our North Dakota libraries to the whims of anyone from any state, is potentially unworkable especially for smaller libraries, and is ...
Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is launching a series of events next week to combat the rise in book censorship across the U.S. with talks, film screenings and community gatherings to raise awareness ...
Censorship is a national weathervane, indicating an unhealthy society where freedom of thought and expression are under attack, often because of prejudice against those whose appearance, identity, or ...
The FVRLibraries is developing its five-year strategic plan. When the plan was presented at the November board meeting, objections to the use of the words “equity” and “intellectual freedom” were ...
In this excerpt from “That Librarian,” Amanda Jones offers a blueprint to battle book censorship in public libraries. “She’s a sparrow when she’s broken / But she’s an eagle when she flies”—Dolly ...
HARTLAND TWP. — A group of locals are organizing against what they call censorship and a lack of transparency at the Cromaine Library in Hartland. Stand Against Extremism Livingston County, also known ...
BOZEMAN, Mont. - "Banned -- Challenged -- Censored" is the name of a sculpture that tells quite a story. It shows off books that some communities haven't been allowed to read. "I have wanted to do a ...
The members of the Feminist Image Group were invited to exhibit their artwork at a local library just before the start of the pandemic, member Jennifer Spencer recalls. The day that exhibition was ...
A federal judge on Tuesday canceled a bench trial and all other deadlines in a lawsuit challenging a statewide library censorship law the Arkansas General Assembly passed in 2023. Bettina Brownstein, ...
CHICAGO — A group of local artists is accusing the Chicago Public Library of censoring an exhibit that was critical of President Donald Trump, but the city won’t publicly comment on whether the early ...
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — "Censorship is so 1984" can be seen prominently displayed throughout a Grand Haven library as they celebrate the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week. It's the slogan ...