Plus, according to a new poll, 77% of Utahns approve of Cox's plan to treat COVID-19 more like the flu rather than as an ongoing emergency.
Schools have become the latest culture war battleground. Are public libraries next? |
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| | Last fall, nine titles were removed from the libraries of four high schools in Utah’s Canyons School District. And although it's rare, some Utah public libraries have also seen an increase in requests to have books pulled or moved to different sections in the library. What's happening? The Salt Lake County Library received 11 requests in 2021, a “huge uptick” from the previous maximum of around three to five annually, according to librarian Wanda Mae Huffaker. Most of the books were challenged "for depictions of sex and/or the body," but many of the targeted books also feature LGBTQ characters, Huffaker said. None of the books were removed, but one book was reclassified to the young adult section. |
Read more about the chilling effect book challenges can have. |
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