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

Jay Asher’s New York Times bestseller turned hit Netflix show “Thirteen Reasons Why” is the latest addition to Utah’s growing list of titles banned from all public schools in the state. The young ...

Multiple lawsuits challenging a 2023 Florida law on book removals are now pending in federal appeals court. A federal judge ruled part of the law unconstitutional for being too vague, a decision the ...

Pennsylvania State Sen. Amanda Cappelletti is proposing legislation to prohibit publicly-funded institutions from banning books. Data from 2023 shows Pennsylvania had 56 attempts to ban over 300 ...

In a new documentary The Librarians, public librarians are positioned as first responders in the fight for democracy and the First Amendment, despite facing crowds of angry protesters protesting what ...

A federal judge has paused a lawsuit against the Escambia County School Board over book removals. The lawsuit was filed by free speech group PEN America and publisher Penguin Random House, alleging ...

Part of the Iowa's Book Ban Battle project. An acclaimed author whose book was pulled from an Iowa school district's shelves over its sexual content believes its critics are missing the point. Laurie ...

I consider myself to be generally aware of the state of book banning in the United States. I read about the fights going on in school districts and libraries throughout Florida, Tennessee and Texas. I ...

Escalating attempts to remove works featuring themes such as LGBTQ lifestyles and race relations from US bookshelves are facing growing resistance from publishers and rights groups, a major topic at ...