Who Is Banning Books 2025. Recently, pen america published an analysis of how project 2025 seeks to turbocharge book banning and similar attacks on the freedom to read, learn, and teach, as part of an envisioned overhaul of the public education. Banned books are not new, but they have gained new relevance in an escalating culture war that puts books centering racism, sexuality and gender identity at risk in public.
Oif documented 4,240 unique book titles targeted for censorship, as well as 1,247 demands to censor library books, materials, and resources in 2023. For mississippi students, project 2025โs proposals could spell drastic changes in curriculum freedom and censorship.