Public school librarians in Ohio are raising alarms about book bans and funding cuts. School librarians have been navigating ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. A recent report from PEN America found that 29% of books banned during the 2024-2025 school year were nonfiction titles Carly Tagen-Dye ...

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) has introduced a bill to address the rise in book bans in public schools and libraries. Flanked by advocates at the Library of Congress on Thursday, Pressley explained ...

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 ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The largest and most sweeping book ban in the United States is not in one of the country’s public school districts or library systems, but in prisons across the country. James Tager, ...

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 ...

Seeking to address the issue, the House passed a bipartisan bill earlier this month designed to protect access to books in school and public libraries. The bill gives school librarians primary ...