Leigh Vogel // Getty Images for MoveOn These two states are responsible for most of the nation's school book bans. T he number of books banned in public schools over the past year skyrocketed to ...

A free speech group is demanding the Utah State Board of Education revise its guidance prohibiting students from bringing ...

More than half of books banned during the last school year featured or were about people of color or members of the LGBTQ community, according to a report released Thursday.

Book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 school year with more than 10,000 books banned in public schools, according to PEN America. The spike reflects a renewed effort since 2021 to ban or ...

New books showing up in challenges have included "Roots: The Saga of An American Family" by Alex Haley, "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith, "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" by Terry ...

PEN America has reveals the most banned picture books from the 2023-2024 school year. On Jan. 27, the nonprofit organization, which raises awareness of banned or challenged titles in the United ...

Sept. 22-28 is Banned Books Week. See a list of the top 10 most challenged books, and which state had the most in 2023. Passaic High School closer to demolition.

Roughly 150 public libraries, library associations and bookstores this Saturday will observe Freedom to Read Day.Advocates have said the event is a reminder that while Banned Books Week might've ...

“School library has a display of banned and challenged books. Here’s a small sample,” they wrote along with some images of the notes displayed on the bookshelf.

Banned Books Week is Sept. 22- 28, highlighting censorship in the United States. Here's what to know and how to access banned books in Arizona.

Banned Books Week, an annual event from the American Library Association to raise awareness about censorship, starts Monday. It's an important week for Florida, which leads the nation in ...