The Increasing Battle to Ban Books in American Schools

The American Library Association is set to announce the Most Challenged Books of 2022, with sex and gender being the subject matter overwhelmingly attacked. The number of individual titles banned spiked more than 1,100% between 2020 and 2022, with school districts challenging books in 37 states. Moms for Liberty, a group that claims 275 chapters in 45 states, is driving many of the book challenges in local communities. Cartoonist Art Spiegelman and the Brooklyn Public Library are fighting back against book bans, with the latter issuing digital library cards to teenagers who can't find the material they want to read on the shelves of their school or public library.