Murfreesboro Vice Mayor Bill Shacklett worries that freedom to choose library books might be diminished if deemed harmful to children because of a community decency standards ordinance. "Imagine a ...

A LOT OF PEOPLE CONSIDER THE ISSUE MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT APPEARS. THEY SAY IT’S CLOSE TO A FINE LINE BETWEEN GUARDING AGAINST CENSORSHIP AND PROTECTING CHILDREN. I THINK IT’S A HARD BALANCE. UM, ...

University of Delaware commemorated Banned Books Week with conversations on access, representation and the power of choosing what to read Students listened intently while Petra Clark, a UD special ...

Alexander Hamilton published political pamphlets. Benjamin Franklin did, too. So did Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and numerous other ...

Vice Mayor Bill Shacklett: 'Trying to control what is in the public library is not a good move' Shacklett worries about complaints on books with rainbow image Descriptions in city code of violations: ...