Lawmakers in the state House overwhelmingly approved a bill aimed at shielding public and school libraries from the book-banning efforts that have swept the nation over the last few years. The ...

A new report found that schools across the nation are banning more nonfiction books, especially those with themes of activism and social movements. Among the 3,743 unique book titles that were banned ...

The Massachusetts House has passed a bipartisan bill to protect access to books in schools and public libraries. The bill gives school librarians primary authority over selecting library materials.

Different Seasons, which incudes stories that inspired films such as Stand by Me and The Shawshank Redemption, judged to contain ‘objective sensitive material’ ...

Public school librarians in Ohio are raising alarms about book bans and funding cuts. School librarians have been navigating challenges in their work as long as they’ve been among the stacks in their ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The removal of "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" from Knox County school libraries is sparking renewed debate over book bans, literary merit and how schools interpret ...

Nathaniel Sandler is surrounded by banned books at the Wynwood headquarters of Bookleggers Library. It’s not intentional, but that’s what happens when you run a nonprofit mobile library in a state ...

Home to the first public library and the first public school in the country, Massachusetts is known for education. Yet in 2025, the state ranked fourth in the nation for attempts to restrict access to ...