News & Press: General Interest

Opinion | Book Bans Are Hurting Michigan

Friday, October 14, 2022  
Posted by: Steven K. Bowers

From: Bridge Michigan

"In rural, suburban and urban communities across Michigan – Mt. Clemens, Dearborn, Hillsdale, Iron Mountain, Canton, Hudsonville, Davidson, Lowell, Petoskey, Rochester, Greenville, Royal Oak, Hancock, and Jamestown, among others – there has been an unprecedented uptick at schools and public libraries to ban books, eliminate programs, or remove displays that bring focus to race, gender and/or LGBTQIA+ topics and authors.

But a majority of people do not support censoring materials or banning books."

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