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Moms speak out amidst a raging debate surrounding banned books

There is a debate raging at public schools across the country about what kind of books children should see in libraries. The effort to ban titles about sexuality, race and gender has hit a fever pitch.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with Tiffany Justice and Laney Hawes, two moms with differing opinions about banned books.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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