ALT A gold, beige, orange, and pinked colored graphic with a white post-it note at the center that says, “Book Bans are All Too Real: A Statement from WNDB.”

ALT A gold, beige, orange, and pinked colored graphic, designed to look like a white memo is taped to the background. The text reads as follows: “The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights recently dismissed 11 book ban complaints and six pending ones. They also retracted past guidance that was issued against the removal of books. Their announcement was headlined: ‘U.S. Department of Education Ends Biden’s Book Ban Hoax.’ Let us be clear: book bans are very real. Censorship efforts have been spreading exponentially since 2021, and we’ve witnessed firsthand the chilling impact that they have had on teachers, librarians, students, and readers — and on our country’s freedom to read.”