Arkansas Librarian Who Was Fired Over Refusal to Enforce Book Bans Speaks Out
An Arkansas county librarian who was fired last month over her refusal to enforce a book ban is saying that those who targeted her were motivated by bigoted and fascistic viewpoints. Patricia Hector, who had served as director of Saline County Library in Saline County, Arkansas, since 2016, was fired in early October after the Saline County Quorum Court passed a resolution to remove books deemed...