There have been 23,000 book bans in public schools since 2021, according to PEN America. Authors discuss this surge in ...

According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of ...

(NEW YORK) -- Books bans in public schools have become a "new normal" in the U.S., escalating since 2021, according to one advocacy group. In a new report, PEN America said the federal government has ...

Hillsborough County had the second highest number of books removed from library shelves among school districts in the U.S. over the last year, according to PEN America's annual "Banned in the USA" ...

A free speech advocacy group warned book censorship in public schools across the United States has become “rampant and common,” with book bans increasing significantly over the past few years. Though ...

PEN America’s annual report on banned books shows more than 6,800 instances of books being temporarily or permanently removed for the 2024-2025 school year. Three states account for 80% of those bans.

Restrictions on books in public schools have become “rampant and common,” according to a new report by the free speech organization PEN America, so frequent in some states that they are now considered ...

(CNN) - Book bans are on the rise as the public school year draws to a close, and one report says nearly a third of them are a direct result of new, restrictive state laws. PEN America, a literary and ...

About 400 books were removed from Florida public schools in the 2024-25 school year, according to the state's Department of ...

Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis encouraged residents Thursday at the West University Branch Library to read banned books at their public libraries. Ellis' encouragement, made in honor of ...