Editorial Illustration for an article by Jeremy Schwartz for ProPublica and The Texas Tribune about the push to remove LGBTQ book from schools in Hood County, Texas.

“A Texas county’s refusal to remove two books from the children’s section of the library sparked a years-long political battle. Now school board races have taken on a deeply partisan tone, and elections serve as a purity test for far-right politics.”

Portraits from left in background: Melanie Graft and Courtney Gore