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Celebrate and Exercise Your Right to Read

By Timothy Sandefur

Sep 24, 2019
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Each September, the American Library Association observes “Banned Books Week”—which “celebrates your right to read” and reminds us of the dangers of censorship. Much of what it calls “banning” isn’t technically that—more often, books are merely “challenged,” meaning that parents object to their use in public schools.1 These objections sometimes cause sch…

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