Thanks to a 2023 law, librarians and booksellers face jail time in Arkansas for stocking LGBTQ+ books. Conservative parents claim the books are "harmful to minors" — and thus criminal to allow minors to read.
The original law was enjoined. The 8th Circuit heard the case last week.
Really interesting post from @stephhmurray.bsky.social dispelling myths about Americans use of daycare. "Enrollment in childcare, and especially full-time, center-based childcare, isn’t terribly common among young kids in America. At any age," she writes stephaniehmurray.substack.com/p/rightsizin...
Also in today's newsletter: a slew of online censorship bills
Illinois' social media tax
The JAWBONE Act, from Sens. Ron Wyden & Ted Cruz
(a rare instance of bipartisanship not leading to terrible legislation!)
And more...
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Judges are weighing sections of a challenged Arkansas law that would create criminal liability for librarians who distribute content that some consider “obscene” or “harmful to minors,” and give city ...
