Jun 15, 2026 · 1 hr 40 min · 12 segments
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Banned nonfiction books doubled over the last school year in the U.S. of A. Nonfiction.
Nonfiction.
That's outrageous.
A new PEN America report analyzed 3,743 unique titles removed from libraries and classrooms and found books about activism and social movements were targeted.
It is terrifying.
Mm-hmm.
Mm.
Yeah.
And this is crazy.
So Casey Meehan, who's the director of PEN America's Freedom to Read program said, this latest trend shows an embrace of anti-intellectualism undermining public knowledge by devaluing education and expertise.
And this same Guardian article is included that a report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress last year showed that a third of 12th graders who had been federally tested did not have basic reading scores.
Scores were the worst they had been for three decades.
I'm not surprised at all by this, sadly, because, I mean, I was a teacher for over a decade.
I was a math teacher, but the number of students that lack some serious reading comprehension skills has just continued to, that number has continued to increase.
So that does not surprise me, sadly, at all.
I'm tired, Grandpa.
I
have nothing more to say on this topic.
I'm tired, Grandpa.
Well, that's too damn bad.
Banned nonfiction books doubled over the last school year in the U.S. of A. Nonfiction.
Nonfiction.
That's outrageous.
A new PEN America report analyzed 3,743 unique titles removed from libraries and classrooms and found books about activism and social movements were targeted.
It is terrifying.
Mm-hmm.
Mm.
Yeah.
And this is crazy.
So Casey Meehan, who's the director of PEN America's Freedom to Read program said, this latest trend shows an embrace of anti-intellectualism undermining public knowledge by devaluing education and expertise.
And this same Guardian article is included that a report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress last year showed that a third of 12th graders who had been federally tested did not have basic reading scores.
Scores were the worst they had been for three decades.
I'm not surprised at all by this, sadly, because, I mean, I was a teacher for over a decade.
I was a math teacher, but the number of students that lack some serious reading comprehension skills has just continued to, that number has continued to increase.
So that does not surprise me, sadly, at all.
I'm tired, Grandpa.
I
have nothing more to say on this topic.
I'm tired, Grandpa.
Well, that's too damn bad.
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