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The Wire/May 2, 2026

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Book bans and culture wars came for libraries. They’re still standing strong.

Sarah DeMaria still remembers how close she came to resigning from her role as a school librarian. It was the summer of 2023, and after a year of vicious personal attacks, politically motivated book challenges and police reports to flag so-called pornographic content in the libra

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Book bans and culture wars came for libraries. They’re still standing strong.Sarah DeMaria still remembers how close she came to resigning from her role as a school librarian. It was the summer of 2023, and after a year of vicious personal attacks, politically motivated book challenges and police reports to flag so-called pornographic content in the libra
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