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Letter to the editor: Resist censorship of ideas in our schools’ libraries

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion January 17, 2023

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In 1731, in the city of Philadelphia, Ben Franklin set up , which became the country we know today. The library was meant to be a repository of books with different ideas and ways of thought but accessible to all the people so that it might enrich the thought, reason, and ideas so important to the life of a healthy democracy. Whether one would agree with all of the ideas contained in the library collection took a backseat to the fact that, agree... + full article



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