Two Idaho teenagers, a handful of authors, a tiny public library, and the nation’s largest publishers are suing the state of Idaho, pushing back against HB170 – the state’s book ban that went into effect last summer - a law that restricts books from both public and school libraries. The law forbids minors from accessing books with content that the state has deemed “harmful to minors.” “The most important thing is to speak out,” says Jerrick, one of the student plaintiffs in the case. The plaintiffs say the law is overly broad because it enables any person in the community to complain about any book whose message they disagree with. “We are the boots on the ground here in Idaho,” says 17-year-old Jerrick.

We need a group of lawyers who are willing to take every lawsuit from every fired federal employee to the max. Bury this admin in lawsuits

He must be stopped

American dystopian classic “Fahrenheit 451” by the late Ray Bradbury encapsulates the dark realities of a society without books, intellectual curiosity, or critical thinking. “Fahrenheit 451” tells the story of Guy Montag, a fireman, whose job is to destroy the most dangerous item in their government-controlled society: books. It is a novel that pushes us, as readers, to consider our lives and our role in society. This is a novel that warns us of what our world would look like under total government control, softened by excess media consumption. The author of another celebrated dystopian classic, “The Giver”, and friend of the Velshi Banned Book Club, the legendary Lois Lowry and Jason Stanley, Yale University philosophy professor, author, and fascism expert joined us to discuss the late Bradbury’s magnum opus. The novel shows you “different ways you could have lived, different ways society could have gone,” says Stanley. Lowry agrees, “that's how we learn.”

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