Oli Canoli

Lake County library leaders expect to see more challenged books A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, according to the American Library Association. Challenges lead to censorship.

Right-wing censors are now "quiet banning" books that they can't removed legally.

Librarians in Chicago have been finding books dealing with race, LGBTQ+ issues or Islam hidden under shelves, in trash cans or otherwise "disappeared."

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/22/l...

22.02.2025 16:49 — 👍 5322    🔁 2008    💬 309    📌 179

Thoughts?

08.12.2024 14:59 — 👍 75698    🔁 12094    💬 2805    📌 708

09.12.2024 18:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

22.11.2024 13:58 — 👍 86874    🔁 12026    💬 788    📌 322

Release the Gaetz report.

Pass it on.

17.11.2024 02:11 — 👍 33843    🔁 7434    💬 459    📌 312

I’ve officially started subconsciously opening blue sky instead of Twitter

17.11.2024 13:03 — 👍 47778    🔁 2385    💬 777    📌 173

The Handmaid's Tale is a good book. But did you know that there's a book written by a Black woman about a post-apocalyptic Earth heavily affected by climate change and societal decline. The book was published in 1993, but is set in 2024 following a presidential election 👀 #BookSky #BlackBookSky

16.11.2024 18:30 — 👍 56801    🔁 8547    💬 3009    📌 1091