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The American Library Association says there were a record number of demands to censor U.S. library books last year, nearly double the challenges from the previous year. For VOA, Deana Mitchell takes us to a Texas town that is considering closing its library to block a court ruling ordering the return of banned books.
Countries around the world generate 53.6 million metric tons of e-waste. Discarded laptops are part of the problem, but engineers at Dell Technologies have come up with a new concept that could help keep them out of landfills. Tina Trinh reports. VOA footage by Deana Mitchell.
Olivia Sain has been a fan of pickles for a while and began making them at home for fun. But, four months ago, she opened her own business and started selling them at local farmers markets around town.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is scheduled to testify before the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce on March 23. Lawmakers have questions about the app’s connections to China. For VOA, Deana Mitchell reports.
A so-called space environmentalist is working to make the public more aware about space debris by tracking its movement in real time on a website. He says we need to think about space as an ecosystem. Deana Mitchell has the story.