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We are concerned by Russian prosecutors' move to extend the requested prison sentence for the historian Yuri Dmitriev. PEN America considers the charges against him to be politically motivated retaliation for his work uncovering mass Stalin-era graves:
https://tinyurl.com/yckwsnas.
Finally. The discussion of school libraries in TX we *ought* to be having:
Houston ISD has 276 schools, nearly 200,000 students — and only 58 librarians. Down from nearly 250 librarians about 25 years ago, when the district had 4 fewer schools... #FReadom https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/education/article/Houston-ISD-has-276-schools-195-000-students-and-16670584.php
