According to the American Library Association, a record-breaking 2,571 unique titles were challenged in 2022.
that 75% of respondents were opposed to efforts to ban books, and across 16 states last fall, a majority of initiatives to pull funding from libraries failed.
“While a vocal minority stokes the flames of controversy around books, the vast majority of people across the nation are using life-changing services that public and school libraries offer,” said ALA President Lessa Kanani’opua Pelayo-Lozada on Thursday. “Our nation cannot afford to lose the library workers who lift up their communities and safeguard our First Amendment freedom to read.”is widely read among people with lower incomes and among young people who are mired in debt.
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