Alexi Giannoulias: “I believe libraries, in every single community across this country, have had an especially critical role to play in…”

What we're saying is, don't let one parent, who disagrees with a certain world view, determine what book--whether or not a book should be in the library.

That's the exact opposite argument that we're trying to make.

Alexi is focused on talking to Chicagoans about the issues they care about — making Chicago a safer more affordable place to live.

The goal of literature is to reflect back to the reader either the struggles that the reader is facing or to provide insight into struggles that the reader has never had to imagine.