What’s a book ban anyway? Depends on who you ask - NPR
WEBJun 10, 2024 · The term "book ban" is used a lot in media and elsewhere when addressing the rise in challenges to certain books being allowed in schools and public libraries. But is it more political...
Book bans surged in the latter half of 2023, PEN America reports - NPR
WEBApr 16, 2024 · According to PEN America, 4,349 books were banned from schools between July and December 2023, more than the entire previous school year. More than 3,000 of those bans were in Florida.
Book Bans Rising Rapidly in the U.S., Free Speech Groups Find
WEBApr 20, 2023 · Book bans are rising at a rapid pace in school districts around the United States, driven by new laws and regulations that limit what kinds of books children can access, according to a new report...
What You Need to Know About the Book Bans Sweeping the US
WEBSep 6, 2023 · While books have stood in the crossfire of political battles throughout history, today’s most banned books address issues related to race, gender identity and sexuality — major flashpoints in the ongoing American culture war.
Book Ban Efforts Spread Across the U.S. - The New York Times
WEBJan 30, 2022 · Challenges to books about sexual and racial identity are nothing new in American schools, but the tactics and politicization are.
Book Bans - PEN America
WEBJul 1, 2021 · PEN America tracks book bans and fights censorship in public schools and libraries across the country. Books are under profound attack in the United States. Since the fall of 2021, PEN America has counted more than 10,000 book bans in public schools.
Banned in the USA: The Mounting Pressure to Censor
WEBSep 1, 2023 · The freedom to read is under assault in the United States—particularly in public schools—curtailing students’ freedom to explore words, ideas, and books. In the 2022–23 school year, from July 1, 2022, to June 31, 2023, PEN America recorded 3,362 instances of book bans in US public school classrooms and libraries.
Book ban attempts reached historic high last year, library …
WEBMar 14, 2024 · In a new report, the association says that 4,240 individual book titles were targeted for removal from schools and public libraries — a sharp increase from the previous high of 2,571 in 2022.
Attempts to Ban Books Are Accelerating and Becoming More …
WEBSep 16, 2022 · Book banning efforts have grown rapidly in number and become much more organized, divisive and vitriolic over the past two years, splitting communities, causing bitter rifts on school and...
Over 1,900 library book titles targeted for censorship so far in 2023 - NPR
WEBSep 20, 2023 · There were nearly 700 attempts to ban library books in the first eight months of 2023, according to data released Tuesday by the American Library Association.