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 emerged in ...

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" ...

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.

According to the nonprofit free speech advocacy group PEN America, there have been nearly 16K book bans in U.S. public schools, libraries since 2021.

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

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this article misspelled Douglas Lechner’s name. Louisiana public school librarian Amanda Jones loves helping kids find the right book. It’s her 25th ...

ORLANDO — Upset that “pornographic” novels were in public school libraries, state leaders demanded administrators remove 55 books from their shelves, and Orange County Public Schools complied last ...

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 ...

A new report by Pen America that ranks Texas No. 2 in the nation in book banning may please some of the conservative state legislators, parents and school boards responsible for that ranking. It may ...