Saturday, February 24, 2018
‘Of course’ Trump wants to strip funding from libraries
“Of course” U.S. President Trump wants to strip away federal funding of libraries. Writing for The Nation, Sue Halpern argues that libraries provide the “raw materials of civic education.” They offer a “space where everyone belongs.” And not only are libraries built on “the open and egalitarian promises of democracy;” libraries also exist to promote those promises. Cuts to libraries are consistent with Trump’s assault on immigration and democratic principles.
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