In 2021-22, 43 percent of book challenges targeted titles with LGBTQ+ characters, and 36 percent focused on books featuring characters of color or addressed themes of race and racism. Credit: Rick ...

A discussion of the legal issues related to book banning in public schools and public libraries, including pertinent debates, state law trends, cases addressing standing and constitutional ...

A map shows which states banned the most books in the 2024-2025 school year. PEN America recorded 6,870 instances of books being pulled from school libraries across 23 states and in 87 public school ...

DENVER (KDVR) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, representing two students in the Elizabeth School District among other stakeholders, is suing the Eastern Colorado district for removing ...

Starting this year, public libraries in Illinois had a choice: adopt principles against book banning or give up state grants. A number of school districts, many of them in deeply conservative areas of ...

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