Heather Green

Sep 19, 2024 | cdapress.com | Heather Green

The trustees are developing a new policy to meet the definitions of Idaho Code, Title 18 Crimes and Punishments, Chapter 15 Children and Vulnerable Adults, 17B Children’s School and Library Protection Act which took effect July 1. It is impossible to develop an accurate perception of their current discussions without reading the law. Below are excerpts from the law that clarify the definition of harmful to minors and the requirements for libraries.

Oct 31, 2023 | unsplash.com | Heather Green

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Aug 21, 2023 | poetryfoundation.org | Roger Reeves |Heather Green

Are things really this bad? Of course, but define your terms. The pandemic-defying protests of 2020 over the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor culminated in moderate jail sentences for a handful of perpetrators, Juneteenth as a national holiday, and the phrase Black Lives Matter painted on the concrete of a major street in Washington, DC. They did not incite the wholesale reconfiguration of policing and the carceral system, as many activists had imagined.