In their essential resource, How to Fight Book Bans: A Tip Sheet for Students, PEN America offers insights to help students mobilize and respond to attacks on their right to read.
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The freedom to read is still being challenged: From January 2025 through March 2026, more than 100 pro-censorship bills were introduced in state legislatures. At least 40 bills would penalize libraries and library workers with lawsuits, fines, or even jail time for protecting people’s the right to read. But while the challenges we face are real, so is the
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Local leaders create the policies that impact our day-to-day lives, including whether or not book bans are implemented. Run for Something Civics is hosting a national civic holiday to encourage more people to get involved civically and increase representation at every level of the government.
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Bob Sommer is co-owner of independent bookstore Changing Hands in Arizona. In this advocate spotlight, he urges freedom-loving people to unite against the dangerous movement to ban books in libraries and schools.
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On March 17th, the House Committee on Education and Workforce voted in favor of H.R. 7661, a government censorship bill that would block federal funds for any material that is “sexually oriented.” The bill uses such a broad, confusing definition of “sexually oriented” that the mere mention of nudity could qualify, which could impact health, art, and science education. In addition,
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Laura Brief, CEO of 826 National, shares her thoughts on the current political climate of censorship and its impact on young writers. 826 issues a call to combat book-ban legislation—including the federal book ban bill, H.R. 7661—and to protect students amid a broader cultural shift in our democracy.
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The Parent Playbook from Red Wine & Blue was created to help parents and caregivers fight book bans and promote inclusivity in curricula and collections.
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The battles over the freedom to read and learn that are playing out in school districts today will shape public education for a generation. The new guide “From School Board Elections to Shared Leadership” can help local advocates win this fight.
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A book club in Loveland, Colorado made a memorial gift to Unite Against Book Bans and continues reading banned books together, in memory of freedom to read advocate and friend, Susan Wolber.
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As new censorship tactics emerge in 2026, Unite is evolving to meet the needs of advocates around the country, guided by feedback from our organizational partners and a close look at last year’s outcomes.
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