A new variant, censorship accusations, Utah’s redlining consequences and more on ‘Behind the Headlines’ – Salt Lake Tribune

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County Library System Librarian Wanda Mae Huffaker holds four of nine books that have been removed from schools in the Canyons School District and placed under review, Nov. 23, 2021.

| Dec. 2, 2021, 8:54 p.m.

Nine books are removed from libraries in one school district prompting accusations of censorship. Scientists work to better understand the omicron variant of the coronavirus, and to better predict its impacts on the pandemic. And a look at how discriminatory housing practices from Utahs past carry through to the present day.

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A new variant, censorship accusations, Utah's redlining consequences and more on 'Behind the Headlines' - Salt Lake Tribune