{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Nationwide effort to ban books challenges freedom of speech","publication_date":"March 10, 2022","summary":"Advocates are sounding the alarm about a set of measures that they say target teaching and writing related to LGBTQ issues, race and freedom of speech. Around the country, efforts to ban specific books or even whole categories of books are on the rise. Jeffrey Brown has a conversation for our arts and culture series, \"CANVAS.\"","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2022\/03\/c01adfb27105fb0ec3ef63862634f218-Pretapes-banningbooks-04_00_01-PM-1024x576.jpg","thumbnail_height":576,"thumbnail_width":1024}