Nearly 300 books banned in Missouri since August, PEN America says
Story at a glance A new report from PEN America, a nonprofit that works to protect freedom of expression, found that close to 300 books have been b...
Story at a glance A new report from PEN America, a nonprofit that works to protect freedom of expression, found that close to 300 books have been banned across 11 Missouri school districts since August. The bans are in response to a newly enacted state law that makes distributing 'explicit sexual material' to minors a class A misdemeanor. And while there are exceptions in the law for material used in sexual education courses or that have artistic significance, educational and historical books are still being ripped from shelves.