A discussion of the legal issues related to book banning in public schools and public libraries, including pertinent debates, state law trends, cases addressing standing and constitutional ...

Preliminary data from the Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) through August 31 showed a 20% increase in reported book challenges for 2023—surpassing the record set in 2022. The data also showed an ...

Minnesota is poised to prohibit book bans in schools and public libraries as part of an education bill the House approved Wednesday, a bill that Gov. Tim Walz’s spokesperson said he intends to sign.

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - While book bans in the United States go back centuries, in recent years, they have become more and more common, especially in public schools, and Texas is one of the states ...

Over the last few years, parents and a network of organized conservative groups have put pressure on public schools and community libraries across the country to remove certain books from their ...

More than 10,000 books were banned in public schools during the 2023-2024 academic year, according to a new PEN America report. American Library Association data shows that while the country saw a ...

Bills against book bans are gaining traction in state legislatures around the country — and with them have come worries about the potentially negative impact on libraries themselves. The number of ...

Editor's note: Este artículo está traducido al español. A bill that would make book bans harder to achieve in Nevada’s school and public libraries passed its first hurdle toward becoming law. Assembly ...

IN SPRING OF 2023. THE BOOK WAS WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT VAGINAS, WHICH IS A BOOK ABOUT PUBERTY FOR YOUNG GIRLS. I WAS ACCUSED OF SEXUALIZING CHILDREN BY HAVING MATERIALS LIKE THIS IN THE LIBRARY. SO ...