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  • Woman's hand picking a book from a library bookshelf - stock photo

    ‘Reshaping American public education’: New study finds book bans are increasing at an alarming rate

    By Mar 1st
     
  • Author Grace Lin standing in her studio

    ‘The reception of my books is different now’: Author Grace Lin on the reality of book bans and their impact

    By Feb 20th
     
  • Composite image of Samira Ahmed and the cover of her book This Book Won't Burn

    ‘Our situation is not hopeless’: Author Samira Ahmed shares her experiences and battles with book bans

    By Feb 10th
     
  • A stack of books locked in a cage

    ‘Biden’s Book Ban Hoax’: Department of Education claims book bans are a ‘hoax’ and dismisses all complaints

    By Jan 27th
     
  • An open book on fire

    ‘I really hit a nerve with the Libs of TikTok’: CT Lawmakers face social media attack for proposing bill to prohibit book bans

    By Jan 17th
     
  • A hand puts coins into a piggy bank standing on top of a stack of books

    ‘… it has broader social costs as well’: Schools spent $3 billion last school year battling security threats, lawsuits, and staff turnover related to book bans

    By Dec 17th
     
  • A surveillance camera set up in a library

    ‘Do our police departments yet have Reading Compliance Officers?’: Satirical letter to the editor highlights dystopian nature of Utah’s book bans

    By Dec 17th
     
  • TikTok stills of author Paul Castle talking about his book

    ‘Inclusion and love will always win’: TikTok rallies around blind author whose inclusive children’s book was banned

    By Dec 10th
     
  • A stack of books chained up

    ‘We’re red here, just to let you know’: Minnesota school district allows national conservative group to decide which books students can read

    By Dec 10th
     
  • Michael Kosta speaking at

    ‘Let me ask what your qualifications are …’: The Daily Show’s Michael Kosta highlights the absurdity of serial book banners

    By Dec 9th
     
  • A judge gavel resting on a chained and padlocked book

    ‘They’re using people, and they’re dividing them’: Conservative non-profit raised $80k for Texas book ban case only for the funds to disappear

    By Dec 3rd
     
  • A stack of books on fire

    ‘I think it’s definitely a concern to Americans’: Anti-censorship advocates warn of potential nationwide book bans under Trump presidency

    By Nov 22nd
     
  • Library books sitting next to a bar code scanner

    Utah school districts pushed statewide book bans for books never checked out in their districts

    By Oct 8th
     
  • The cover of And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

    Nassau County forced to admit children’s picture book pulled from schools was not ‘obscene’ in lawsuit settlement

    By Sep 16th
     
  • A stack of books burning

    Utahns throw a book-banning party and call on authors of banned books to ‘repent’

    By Sep 3rd
     
  • A judge gavel on top of a chained and padlocked book

    Six major publishers sue the state of Florida in landmark book banning lawsuit

    By Sep 3rd
     
  • A stack of books chained and padlocked

    Utah Releases First List of Books To Be Banned Statewide

    By Aug 5th
     
  • Promo image documentary

    ‘To Be Destroyed’ Book Banning Doc Is Both Heartwarming and Distressing

    By Jul 23rd
     
  • A pride bookmark inside of a yellow book

    San Francisco Woman Fights Book Bans by Shipping LGBTQ+ Books to Conservative States

    By Jul 2nd
     
  • Annabelle Jenkins gives The Handmaid's Tale to her Superintendent at graduation

    High School Student Goes Viral for ‘Iconic’ Graduation Book Ban Protest

    By Jun 4th
     
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