Banning art is a long contentious history, and just like books, video games have been the subject of censoring and controversy for decades now. From violence, to gambling, there are various reasons for banning games, but their merit and artistic expression creates grounds for keeping them around.
Borderlands: A Modern Gaming Masterpiece Turned Hopeful Blockbuster
Borderlands, the new action movie releasing soon, is based on a successful video game series of the same name that lets players fight all sorts of creatures, bandits, and robots with an armory of hundreds of guns with unique skills, elements, and playstyles.
The 55th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising
Learn more about the Stonewall Uprising, a crucial moment in history and a catalyst in the fight for gay rights and LGBTQ activism on its 55th year anniversary.
Freeman Library’s Local Author Spotlight
Freeman Branch Library hosts a local author spotlight event in which we invite authors from Houston and the surrounding area to present themselves and their work for advertising, networking, and publishing.
How to Avoid Getting Scammed
This blog highlights a funny story of a librarian almost getting scammed and has advice and tips to help you recognize scams and keep yourself safe on the internet.
Eating Healthy with an African Heritage Diet
Eating healthy can be easy by following a heritage diet that incorporates more vegetables, fruits, beans, tubers, and whole grains into your meals. Oldways and HCPL can help by offering free recipes to follow for easy African dishes based on African heritage.
Uplift Harris – Guaranteed Income Pilot Program
Harris County Public Health is opening a pilot program where chosen applicants will receive a guaranteed income of $500 for 18 months. Read this blog post to learn more about the program and how to apply.
What Is Antifa?
Antifa is a group with a long standing history of protesting, activism, and sometimes violence. What is this group and who are its members? Are they a threat to America? Antifa is not a concrete group with a formal leader and structure. Instead, it is more of an ideology that is actively against racism, homophobia, tyranny, and anything they deem authoritarian.
Freeman Welcomed Makers and the Merely Curious of All Ages to their Imagination Gallery
Freeman Branch Library at HCPL hosted a Maker Gallery event where everyone from all ages were encouraged to come to the library and try out different maker equipment including 3D printers, button makers, cricut vinyl cutters, and STEAM toys like magna tiles, power tiles, and a sphero bot! Participants were entered into a raffle to win a tote bag full of prizes made in the library's innovation lab.
LGBTQ+ Inclusive Sex Education – How Comprehensive Sex Ed Can Help Everyone
Sex education has become a polarizing topic, and public education has often not had comprehensive sex ed for even traditional sexualities and genders. LGBTQ inclusive sex ed is even more rare. For the sake of helping teens and young adults navigate their health, sex, gender, and safety, we have compiled a list of physical and online resources to help everyone learn more about sex ed.
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