The Conversation·2026-10-02 20:49· 2026-10-02FeaturedRecommendation92.08

More than 50 years after a North Dakota school district burned copies of Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘Slaughterhouse‑Five,’ the anti‑war novel is still being censored

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The battle over the novel offers a window into America’s long-running fight over what students should be allowed to read.

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