According to a prominent free speech advocacy group, the United States experienced more than 10,000 book bans, the highest in the last three years, as the nation waits for possible changes to federal enforcement from another Trump administration. According to a new report from PEN America, the organization has found a steady increase in what it labels book bans occurring in the U.S. each year. Organizations like Moms for Liberty oppose pornographic and explicit content in school libraries and say students can still access the titles at other libraries and bookstores. 

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