The Terrifying Rise of Book Bans
And what you can do to fight back
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2 min readFeb 7, 2022
In the States, we’re experiencing a surge in book-banning. According to The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, over 330 distinct book challenges were reported to them between September 1 and November 30, 2021. For reference, there were 377 challenges in the entire year of 2019.