Two slow-moving court cases have overturned book bans in Texas and at schools serving students in military families.

(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 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Over the past decade, a growing movement to restrict access to books in public schools and libraries has spread across the country. Every year, there are hundreds of attempts to ...

Tennessee has the third highest number of book bans in school libraries across the nation, according to a yearly report by First Amendment literary advocacy group PEN America. The report documents ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alex Wermer-Colan, Temple University and SaraGrace Stefan, Temple University (THE ...

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