education – Desdemona Despair

Number of unique book titles challenged in the U.S., 2000-2023. The number of titles targeted for censorship surged 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels ever documented by the American Library Association (ALA). The numbers show efforts to censor 4,240 unique book titles in schools and libraries. This tops the previous high from 2022, when 2,571 unique titles were targeted for censorship. Graphic: American Library Association

June 24, 2024

American Library Association reports record number of unique book titles challenged in 2023 – Public libraries saw 92 percent increase in number of titles targeted for censorship over the previous year – “Every challenge to a library book is an attack on our freedom to read”

CHICAGO, 14 March 2024 (ALA) – The number of titles targeted for censorship surged 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels ever documented by the American Library Association (ALA). The new numbers released today show efforts to censor 4,240 unique book titles* in schools and libraries. This tops the previous high from 2022, […]

Debt as percentage of GDP in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), 1970-2020. COVID-19 pushed debt in developing economies to the highest level in more than 50 years. By the end of 2020, private debt in EMDEs reached a record 142 percent of GDP. Graphic: World Bank

December 24, 2021

World Bank’s 2021 Year in Review in 11 Charts: The Inequality Pandemic

By Venkat Gopalakrishnan, Divyanshi Wadhwa, Sara Haddad, and Paul Blake 21 December 2021 (World Bank) – From uneven economic recovery to unequal access to vaccines; from widening income losses to divergence in learning, COVID-19 has had a disproportionate impact on the poor and vulnerable in 2021. It is causing reversals in development and is dealing a […]