Report shows banned non-fiction books doubled over last school year in US
by Benjamin Lee from World news | The Guardian on (#75F5J)
New PEN America report analysed 3,743 unique titles removed from libraries and classrooms and found books about activism and social movements were targeted
A new report has found that the number of banned non-fiction books doubled during the 2024-2025 school year in the US.
PEN America analysed the 3,743 unique titles removed from school libraries and classrooms in the July to June period and found that over 1,100 or 29% were non-fiction, more than double the year prior.
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