"PEN America has documented nearly 16,000 #bookbans in public schools nationwide since 2021, a number not seen since the Red Scare McCarthy era of the 1950s."
https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/
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#ReadingIsFun #UniteAgainstBookBans #CelebrateThe1stAmendment
#ReadBannedBooks #FightIlliteracy #FightFearmongering #ReadMoreBooks
#ReadingIsFun #UniteAgainstBookBans #CelebrateThe1stAmendment
The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) has released new data documenting book challenges throughout the United States, finding that challenges of unique titles surged 65% in 2023 compared to 2022 numbers, reaching the highest level ever documented by ALA. Read the full announcement. OIF documented 4,240 unique book titles targeted for censorship, as well as 1,247 demands to censor library books, materials, and resources in 2023.
Meteorologist Austen Onek