Lucy Podmore writes: “I am seeing an increase in distressing posts from librarians about the effects of harmful laws and policies passed by state legislatures and school districts. Promoted as protecting children’s safety or parental rights, the only impacts so far have been a decrease in access to books, library funding, and parental rights, and the fear of possible criminal charges among librarians for simply encouraging students to read. But there is a positive to these developments: I have also seen recordings of school board meetings in which board members are pushing back.”