As the Trump Administration Sets the Stage for Anti-Intellectualism, This Author Is Fighting Back

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As the Trump Administration Sets the Stage for Anti-Intellectualism, This Author Is Fighting Back

Last school year, over 10,000 book bans were issued, targeting 4,240 titles—more than double the number of bans in the previous year, according to PEN America research. The incoming Trump administration’s Department of Education has already made fighting the bans increasingly difficult, dismissing 11 complaints against school districts for removing books calling the bans a “hoax.” “We know that reading books and hearing stories builds empathy. A…