An order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office resulted in a purge of books critical of racism but preserved volumes defending white power. By John Ismay John Ismay, a Pentagon reporter based in ...

The re-classification of a children's book on Native American history in a Texas library has caused an uproar among consumers, activists and library organizations nationwide. Last month, a citizen ...

As the culture wars continue to roil American society, one battlefront has turned out to be local libraries. The American Library Association reported more than 9,000 challenges to library books were ...

There were 10,000 instances of book bans at public schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to PEN America. In 2024, 5,813 titles were challenged in public libraries and schools nationwide, says ...

In our culturally divided, deeply polarized nation, no book is safe on a public library shelf. More than 10,000 books were banned last year in schools across the country, according to a report ...

The board members of an Alabama library at the center of a culture war over the placement of so-called ‘sexually explicit’ content announced Monday they will not reshelve two books that were ...

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