Libraries and schools that are removing and restricting books for partisan or ideological reasons are censoring them.
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Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
The fight against book bans is entering a new phase, as the number of bans plummets but concerns grow that librarians and teachers, looking to stay out of the fray, are self-censoring.
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