How to Keep Wingnuts Off the School Board
In Tuesday’s elections, liberal and progressive parents banded together to push back against the right-wing takeover of local government.
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In Tuesday’s elections, liberal and progressive parents banded together to push back against the right-wing takeover of local government.
Two months ago, parent Lela Casey told the Central Bucks school board, in the third-largest school district in Pennsylvania, that things had gotten out of hand. In March, a man signed up to speak using an alias that referenced the comic book vigilante The Punisher, accused the school library of possessing “child pornography,” and suggested that the Democratic school board members on the Republican-majority board belonged in prison. Casey also saw him carrying a concealed weapon—something the man
"This is going to be a long road to take back our libraries and to recover what we've lost"
As attempts to ban books intensify, Stacker explored how organized efforts have enabled broader challenges at U.S. libraries and schools.
As attempts to ban books intensify, Stacker explored how organized efforts have enabled broader challenges at U.S. libraries and schools.