Obscenity laws. the director of pen america warns, quote, it s not a single book that can ruin a school district. it s a set of ideas that are under threat just about everywhere. one of the people reporting in-depth on these bands is my good friend and colleague ali velshi. for the last year and a half he has been airing segments called the velshi banned book club. you can listen to the podcast. ali, i love this segment. from the moment you started. why did you want to start? it started with the 16 19 project was nikole hannah-jones. i had her on the show and i thought to myself, wow, i wasn t really aware of that number. it didn t register to, me 60 19. and now she is giving me new information. before long there was this movement to eliminate this, to suggest that it is threatening the history of america, the 70 teens havanese six is going to get race because of 16 19.