"A book ban, to us, is any time a book that was previously available to a student is no longer available based on the content of the book," Meehan says.

Publishers and freedom-to-read advocates are supporting plaintiffs in Little v. Llano County by encouraging the Supreme Court ...

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A new report says that the number of books being challenged or removed from public schools across the country has risen ...

According to the report, which was released on Wednesday ahead of Banned Books Week (Oct. 5 to 11), Florida had the highest number of book bans with 2,304, followed by Texas with 1,781 bans and ...

In the 21st century, censorship of work like Judy Blume’s has evolved into a broader attack on books. This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books.

The point of great literature is not to inculcate us with the things we already know or to tell us about the life we already know; it’s to expose us to others.

The latest moral panic centers on whether your child learns about racism and sexuality in the classroom. Who really benefits?

The Sunshine State topped PEN America’s list for the third straight year, as it tallied more than 2,300 instances of book removals.

Author Jodi Picoult has the dubious honor of being banned in two mediums — her books and now a musical based on her novel ...

Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy was one of the most beloved children’s book series of the 2000s — and one of the ...

Pennsylvania state Sen. Amanda Cappelletti said she plans to introduce legislation soon to prohibit publicly-funded ...