{
  "id": 12219168,
  "title": "School book bans hit record high with nearly 12,000 removals, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/school-book-bans-hit-record-high-with-nearly-12-000-removals-study",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T19:28:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/homenews/education/6130204-book-bans-pen-america-texas-florida/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "School book bans have hit a record high at almost 12,000 removals, according to a new report from PEN America, a free-speech organization. The group found 11,982 books banned in the 2025-26 school year, a big jump from the 6,870 the previous year. Among those almost 12,000 books were 7,370 unique titles taken out of classrooms,...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}