NY Times Podcast Interview: “A Small-Town Librarian Spoke Against Censorship. Then the Dark Money Came for Her. Now She’s Fighting Back.”

From NY Times “First Person”:

Amanda Jones is a librarian. This summer, worried that her town might try to ban books, she spoke up at a public library board meeting about the importance of a diverse collection and preserving young people’s access to books with sexual health content and L.G.B.T.Q. themes.

A few days later, she found herself accused online of advocating pornography in the children’s section. That was not unusual — fights about book banning have gotten ugly all over the country. But in response, Amanda did something that few others have done.

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