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Fight for Public Libraries

Communities across the country are cutting back on library budgets. According to Marilyn Johnson, author of This Book Is Overdue!, in a recent Los Angeles Times article, the affect of these actions could run much deeper than a simple loss of service. “Those in cities that haven't preserved their libraries, those less fortunate and baffled by technology, and our children will be the first to suffer. But sooner or later, we'll all feel the loss as one of the most effective levelers of privilege and avenues of reinvention—one of the great engines of democracy—begins to disappear.”

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