Illinois becomes the first state to prohibit book banning
"Young people shouldn't be kept from learning about the realities of our world" Pritzker said in a."I want them to become critical thinkers, exposed to ideas that they disagree with, proud of what our nation has overcome, and thoughtful about what comes next."
Guests at a Republican convention on Saturday are pictured looking over petitions related to some of the books in school libraries in Greensboro, North Carolina. Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, inset, on Monday signed legislation to prohibit book bans in his state."Everyone deserves to see themselves reflected in the books they read, the art they see, the history they learn," he added.
"The Illinois legislation responds to disturbing circumstances of censorship and an environment of suspicion—not because there is a problem that needs to be solved," Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom and executive director of the Freedom to Read Foundation, said in a statement emailed to"Library professionals endeavor to curate collections that meet the information needs of everyone in their communities with the resources they...
Laura Hois, a chapter co-chair of the conservative group Awake Illinois, condemned the new law as an affront to"parental rights" in
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