Barbarians throughout history have destroyed symbols of culture and learning. During the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in 410, priceless artifacts and works of art were carried off or destroyed. More recently, when the Taliban took over Afghanistan, they blew up the culturally valuable Buddha sculptures Salsal and […]
Police in Portland, Oregon, said they started Thursday to clear dozens of anti-Israel protesters who took over the main library at Portland State University. The Portland Police Bureau said it’s closing multiple blocks around Millar Library while removing the 50-75 occupiers who seized the building Monday. Authorities said the removal would last several hours as […]
Portland State University closed its campus for the second day in a row Wednesday as anti-Israel protesters occupied the college’s main library. The university announced the closure Tuesday in light of an “ongoing incident” at Millar Library, less than 24 hours after protesters broke into the building and barricaded themselves. “I’ve heard your demands and […]
Protesters have been camped out around the Portland State University library for several days. Over the weekend the situation escalated as the protesters (not all of whom are students) began blocking off the entrance to the library. By Monday, school administrators asked the protesters to leave. After a pro-Palestinian protest sprouted at Portland State University […]
The list of the ten most challenged book titles of 2023 was released on Monday by the American Library Association. The nonprofit organization tracks alleged book bans nationwide. One complaint is that seven of the ten books deal with LGBTQ themes. The book at the top of the list is a third-time winner. Maia Kobabe’s […]
FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL: A District of Columbia library sought to engage a drag queen with a criminal background to perform at pride-themed Drag Story Hours for children. A staff member at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library solicited drag queen Latrice Royale, otherwise known as Timothy Wilcots, to sing and dance in drag […]
Antioch, California is a city located about halfway between Berkeley and Stockton. Over the weekend a librarian announced the library would be closed until further notice because of concerns about threats to the safety of patrons and employees. What has been going on there you ask? Here’s a partial list: The county announced the temporary […]
Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich has called the gender- and race-based rate charged to vendors at a county library event “illegal,” forcing the library to change it after The Washington Times exposed the discriminatory pricing structure. Source link
Remember the days when libraries were safe places to take your children? Now one might as well do a nice family outing to the local lesbian bar. For instance, Texas State University wants students to “[c]elebrate Pride all year-‘round,” and it’s encouraging this woke attitude with a library display at its San Marcos campus, […]
MEDORA, NORTH DAKOTA — When you come into the Badlands — as opposed to the approach to the Rocky Mountains — the ground dramatically dips. It’s here that you can experience the same views that a 24-year-old Theodore Roosevelt found when he arrived in 1883, determined to kill a buffalo and experience the American West, […]
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