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Alabama legislators, led by Rep. Arnold Mooney, have introduced a contentious bill, H.B. 385, that has librarians and free speech advocates up in arms. The proposed legislation seeks to extend criminal obscenity laws to public and school libraries, a move that critics argue could lead to the incarceration of librarians for the content of their […]
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Librarians Are Finding Thousands Of Books No Longer Protected By Copyright Law
February 10th, 2023 
Awake Goy Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images On January 1, 2023, a swath of books, films, and songs entered the public domain. The public domain is not a place—it refers to all the creative works not protected by an intellectual property law like copyright. Creative works may not have intellectual property protections for a number of […]
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No Comments »Louisiana Launches Tip Line to Accuse Librarians of ‘Sexualizing Children’
December 3rd, 2022 Awake Goy On Tuesday, the attorney general of Louisiana launched an online form encouraging residents of the state to report librarians who they suspect of stocking sexually explicit books—or anything else they might object to being seen by their kids. The reporting form was created as part of a failed investigation by Attorney General Jeff Landry that […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: accuse, children, launches, librarians, Louisiana, sexualizing No Comments »Children’s Librarians to Host Founder of ‘Beginner’s Sex Store’ to Discuss Sex Education for Youth
May 31st, 2022 Awake Goy The Association of Children’s Librarians of Northern California (ACL) is hosting two events where sex-shop founder and activist Corey Silverberg will be discussing “sex education that centers justice” and “how sexuality and gender show up in public spaces.” The two
Posted in Jewish News Tags: beginner, children, discuss, education, founder, librarians, Store No Comments »These 4 Nations Prove Decriminalization Works Better than Prohibition
March 16th, 2016 Awake Goy Kristen Gwynne, The InfluenceWaking Times Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Influence, and is reprinted here with permission. In 2012, the presidents of Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico called for a United Nations General Assembly Special Session on drugs, scheduled for 2019, to be reassigned an earlier date, given the […]
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