{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"School librarians speak out against recent upsurge in attempts to ban books","publication_date":"December 11, 2021","summary":"Around the country, school librarians are reporting an increasing number of requests from parents and politicians to ban or censor books available to children. Nadra Nittle, a reporter for The 19th, a non-profit newsroom covering politics, gender and policy, documented these complaints - and how librarians are pushing back. She joins Hari Sreenivasan for more.","author_name":"By PBS NewsHour","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2021\/12\/7eff7d60e44c72039548f58fcbf1b8b9-Library-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}