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 ...

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 ...

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.

For the past five years, Kyle K. Courtney, who directs copyright and information policy for Harvard’s libraries, has fought to make e-books more accessible to public libraries across the United States ...

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 ...

Is this a sign of progress? With Banned Books Week 2024 underway, the American Library Association released its preliminary data documenting attempts to censor books and materials in public, school, ...

Martha Hickson, a recently retired media specialist who fought censorship at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, New Jersey, shakes hands with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (seated) after he ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this screenshot of a Cy-Fair ISD board meeting video from Oct. 3, 2024, district trustee Todd LeCompte, left, speaks as fellow trustee Lucas Scanlon listens. Books and libraries have been a focus ...