Unbelievably, community and school libraries and librarians are being attacked, not in Nazi Germany in the 1930s but in the United States of America today. Headlines in the New York Times last month tell it all: “As Parents Call to Ban Books, Librarians Are Cast as Criminals” and “Caught in Culture War, Many Are Quitting.”

The well-detailed article that follows documents sickening examples from several states, a reference to disruptive activities by Proud Boys and sad stories of librarians resigning when they have had enough. Importantly, the documentation is not confined to red states. Indeed, the lead paragraphs describe a nasty vignette from Annandale, New Jersey.

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