Links to reports from National Public Radio and the Associated Press; others are accessible by clicking on their initials below. (GAZA and UKRAINE entries for this date, so far, are HERE and HERE.) — MCM

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FROM SEPT. 24  Banned Books Week: Effort to document and highlight support of the freedom to read. Steve Inskeep of NPR talks with Jennie Pu, New Jersey’s librarian of the year, about new estimates on the number of book bans happening across the country, and what’s being done to offset them. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM SEPT. 24  Israeli forces closed Al Jazeera’s West Bank bureau, but its coverage is undeterred. Reported by Aya Batrawy | NPR  Al Jazeera’s bureau in the Israeli-occupied West Bank is closed after Israeli forces stormed its offices over the weekend. Click HERE to listen and read. Click HERE for Sept. 22 report from AP.

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