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Op-Ed: Why book bans and voter suppression go hand in hand

Por: Los Angeles Times Opinion November 09, 2022

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In the lead-up to the midterm elections, mainstream media attention focused some — though not enough — on voter suppression efforts, but too little attention was paid to the book bans that are metastasizing in states across the country. The same factions that have tried to gerrymander their way into power are trying to gerrymander our education, suppressing the ideas and lessons that hold the keys to what we have long endeavored to become: a... + full article



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