Ban Bigotry, Not Books

Books have been the gateway to knowledge, self-improvement, and to understanding ourselves and our place in the universe for as long as humans first put words down on stone and papyrus. But today, there are people around the world who still ban books for various reasons, mostly political or religious. That is why we still have a Banned Books Week, which happens to be this week, sponsored by hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the U.S. to draw attention to the problem of censorship. Why