The real reason for the rise in book bans

Published September 21, 2022 2:29pm ET



Just in time for Banned Books Week, PEN America has released a report on the state of censorship in school libraries today — or at least, that’s how it frames its findings. “More students [are] losing access to literature,” warns the nonprofit organization, which styles itself as standing “at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression.”

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