Think about the last book that completely transformed how you saw the world. Now imagine someone tried to take that away from ...
There’s something unsettling about the idea that someone else gets to decide what you’re allowed to read. It’s a thought that ...
courtesy publishers Digital collage of covers from ALA's 2024 list of banned books. The American Library Association just released its annual “State of America’s Libraries 2024” report detailing ...
Book challenging and censorship has been a common way of silencing opposing opinions that somebody does not agree with. In schools, book censorship is often used because of foul language, adult ...
The LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD has joined with more than 600 writers, artists, educational organizations, and other racial justice and LGBTQ advocates to denounce efforts to ban books ...
April 7 (UPI) --The memoir All Boys Aren't Blue was the most challenged book in U.S. libraries in 2024, according to a new report by the American Library Association. The 20-page report unveiled ...
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The Bible along with books about serial killers and vampires were for sale at the Oddities & Curiosities Expo in Del Mar. (File photo by Chris Stone) National Banned Books Week may be drawing to an ...
FAYETTEVILLE -- An effort at the Fayetteville Public Library aims to use art to speak out against censorship as Banned Book Week gets underway. "I loved my public libraries as a young person, and if ...
An award-winning book on human trafficking, written by a Rosemont College alum, was one of the most targeted books to be banned in U.S. libraries in 2024. Patricia McCormick's novel "Sold" landed on ...
A regular meeting of the Kent Memorial Library Commission Tuesday night didn’t have a hotly disputed proposal to give the politically appointed panel authority to censor LGBTQ+ materials, but it ...