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

By El Kuiper Mar 1st
‘The reception of my books is different now’: Author Grace Lin on the reality of book bans and their impact

By Rachel Ulatowski Feb 20th
‘Our situation is not hopeless’: Author Samira Ahmed shares her experiences and battles with book bans

By Rachel Ulatowski Feb 10th
‘Biden’s Book Ban Hoax’: Department of Education claims book bans are a ‘hoax’ and dismisses all complaints

By Rachel Ulatowski Jan 27th
‘I really hit a nerve with the Libs of TikTok’: CT Lawmakers face social media attack for proposing bill to prohibit book bans

By Rachel Ulatowski Jan 17th
‘… 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 Rachel Ulatowski Dec 17th
‘Do our police departments yet have Reading Compliance Officers?’: Satirical letter to the editor highlights dystopian nature of Utah’s book bans

By Rachel Ulatowski Dec 17th
‘Inclusion and love will always win’: TikTok rallies around blind author whose inclusive children’s book was banned

By Rachel Ulatowski Dec 10th
‘We’re red here, just to let you know’: Minnesota school district allows national conservative group to decide which books students can read

By Rachel Ulatowski Dec 10th
‘Let me ask what your qualifications are …’: The Daily Show’s Michael Kosta highlights the absurdity of serial book banners

By Rachel Ulatowski Dec 9th
‘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 Rachel Ulatowski Dec 3rd
‘I think it’s definitely a concern to Americans’: Anti-censorship advocates warn of potential nationwide book bans under Trump presidency

By Rachel Ulatowski Nov 22nd
Utah school districts pushed statewide book bans for books never checked out in their districts

By Rachel Ulatowski Oct 8th
Nassau County forced to admit children’s picture book pulled from schools was not ‘obscene’ in lawsuit settlement

By Rachel Ulatowski Sep 16th
Utahns throw a book-banning party and call on authors of banned books to ‘repent’

By Rachel Ulatowski Sep 3rd
Six major publishers sue the state of Florida in landmark book banning lawsuit

By Rachel Ulatowski Sep 3rd
Utah Releases First List of Books To Be Banned Statewide

By Rachel Ulatowski Aug 5th
‘To Be Destroyed’ Book Banning Doc Is Both Heartwarming and Distressing

By Isobel Grieve Jul 23rd
San Francisco Woman Fights Book Bans by Shipping LGBTQ+ Books to Conservative States

By Rachel Ulatowski Jul 2nd
High School Student Goes Viral for ‘Iconic’ Graduation Book Ban Protest

By Rachel Ulatowski Jun 4th