Sasha Abramsky reports on a battle underway in the small town of Dayton, Washington, where a small group is demanding that the library remove books from its shelves because they have religious and political objections to the books — and since the library refuses, they want to shut it down.
#BookBans #libraries #Washington #censorship #CultureWars #LGBTQ
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/libraries-book-banning/
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