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John

The numbers are alarming: There have been 6,000 book bans since July 2021, with a 33% increase in bans in the past year. 

Driven by fanatical extremist groups like Moms For Liberty, the Proud Boys and other even smaller right-wing funded groups, these book bans aren’t about protecting children. 

Senator Brian Schatz and Representative Jamie Raskin have introduced a bill to end book bans and protect the right to read. H. RES. 733 & S. RES. 372 will defend the rights of public schools and libraries to protect students, parents, and teachers from hateful right-wing extremists and encourage reading.

These bills are gaining support. The House version now has 52 co-sponsors and the Senate version is backed by 20 senators so far. We need to show that we agree! Please, sign on now to become a citizen sponsor of the resolution to defend the right to read now.

Here’s just a few of the classic, meaningful titles that are being banned by Republicans who want to censor diversity and history in our literature and classrooms:

• To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
• The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
• Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
• The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank by Anne Frank
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• Looking for Alaska by John Green
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Show Congress that they need to act now. Sign on today to protect literacy and become a citizen cosponsor of the resolution to defend the right to read.

Thank you,

Democratic Values