The ban epitomizes an approach that seeks to silence dissent, while not solving the grievances that cause dissent in the first place. A police officer stands guard outside a bookshop shortly after ...

Over 3,700 unique books were banned during the 2024-2025 school year, more than double the number of titles PEN America tracked in the 2021-2022 school year when it began counting. The nonprofit, ...

Alex Wermer-Colan received funding from the Mellon Foundation. Alex Wermer-Colan is the Managing Editor of the Programming Historian in English and the Executive Director of Philly Community Wireless.

Banned Books Week 2025 is taking place from October 5 to 11, bringing attention to the stories challenged and removed from schools, libraries, and bookstores — and acknowledging that everyone should ...

Corrections & clarifications: A previous version of this article misspelled Douglas Lechner’s name. Louisiana public school librarian Amanda Jones loves helping kids find the right book. It’s her 25th ...

"There are kids out there right now who are going through exactly what I went through in 1995," the author said about his book. Maryland’s State Board of Education reversed a local book ban for the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Greene covers classroom impact of education policy and practice The authors and one elementary student filed suit in 2023, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Book banning (and eventually burning) has been an unfortunate part of human history for as long as ...

PEN America released its list of the most-banned books of the 2024-2025 school year on Wednesday – and warned that the number of books challenged or banned in public school districts across the ...

The author of the illustrated novel "Flamer" spoke to a crowd in Harford County on Tuesday after his book was banned by the county's Board of Education. The fireside chat in Bel Air, Maryland, ...

New book "Love Johnny Carson" reveals the infamous banned celebrity list from "The Tonight Show," including Jay Leno, Ellen ...