Right to Read

The “Freedom to Read Act” is the new law just signed by Governor Dan McKee of Rhode Island to codify a buffer against banning books from school and public Libraries. It is not the first of such nationally, but it is claimed to be the strongest. Other states with new right to read laws now in effect include New Jersey, Maryland, Minnesota, California, Illinois, and Washington. So report Publishers Weekly, PEN America, and Rhode Island Current, sources for this article. . The bill had a lot of active supporters, including: Rhode Island community members, Rhode Island Authors Against Book Bans, Rhode Island Library Association, EveryLibrary, Author’s Guild, American Booksellers Association, Association of Rural and Small Libraries, Penguin Random House, and PEN America. PEN America, in…