Collection of children's and young adult books with colorful covers, including topics like gender identity, Martin Luther King Jr., rainbow parade, Scottsboro Boys trial, World War II, binary code, George Washington, social justice, and animals.

Closing The Books

The Emmy Award-winning investigative piece reported by NBC 5 Chicago in fall of 2023, where I was an investigative researcher. Click images to view.

Close-up of stacked books on a table, with blurred background.
Curved wooden bookshelves filled with colorful books in a library.
Image shows a news broadcast segment about a book titled 'The House on Mango Street' by Sandra Cisneros. The segment lists the book as one of the most challenged books nationwide and features an image of the book's cover, which has a bright red background with yellow and orange text, and a small framed picture of a person.