#book-bans

#book-bans

Not long after I arrived, my English teacher, sensing I was having difficulty adjusting, asked how I was doing. ... I told her I didn't like the humidity and that I didn't understand why all the Black kids seemed so angry. She reached for the bookshelf and handed me a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird and said: 'Read this - it will help you understand.'

Alberta recently directed schools to purge library books from shelves that fit its definition of explicit sexual content by 1 October. If the policy is applied precisely as outlined, a host of books face being purged, including George Orwell's 1984 due to passages in the text that discuss sexual intercourse and rape. Academics and researchers who examine censorship say the policy specifically targets books that affirm LGBTQ+ identities

Libraries and museums are facing unprecedented challenges because of mass layoffs and funding cuts associated with the Trump administration's actions.