Book Bans Continue to Surge in Public Schools

Book bans in public schools continued to surge in the first half of this school year, according to a report released on Tuesday by PEN America, a free speech organization. Read More

Book bans on the rise across the U.S.

Across the country, a report from Pen America states there have been 4,300 instances of book bans in the first half of the school year. Read More

Report: Last year ended with a surge in book bans

According to PEN America, 4,349 books were banned from schools between July and December 2023, more than the entire previous school year. More than 3,000 of those bans were in Florida. Read More

PEN America Reports Another Record High in Book Bans

Book bans in U.S. schools have reached a new peak, according to a report from free speech advocacy group PEN America. The report found over 4,000 instances of book bans in the first half of the ... Read More

School library book bans come to Buncombe

Photo by Greg Parlier Until recently, local school districts ... says the store will order copies of any title for anyone of any age. Firestorm started a program housing banned children’s books ... Read More

Ron DeSantis’s next chapter in book bans backlash? Blame someone else

Now, another group has joined those in his crosshairs: school principals. A proposed new ... s a problem,” said Katie Blankenship, Florida director of PEN America, which recorded 1,406 book ban ... Read More

Book-Ban Campaigns Hit 4,240 Titles Last Year: Here Are the Top 10 Targets

A Nobel Prize-winner’s debut novel and works about race and gender were among the books most targeted by ban campaigns last ... according to a report released Monday by the American Library ... Read More

Pride flags banned at all US embassies under $1.2T spending bill

Pride flags can no longer be flown at U.S. embassies. The ban was part ... The White House said it would seek a way to repeal the ban, according to CBS News. The Republican-led package declares ... Read More

Parents in the US: are you happy with your child’s school lunch?

We’d like to know how you feel about your child’s school lunch – and how those lunches vary across the country Across the US, parents, kids, educators and public health advocates are pushing ... Read More

How U.S. News Ranks the Best Jobs

To some people, the perfect job may involve creating high-profile marketing campaigns for hot products, while others may dream of delivering babies to excited new ... the U.S. News Best Jobs ... Read More

Column: New ban on Pride flags at U.S. embassies is more than bad optics

Oct. 27, 2023 When Blinken held his symposium, the rainbow flag flew over U.S. embassies around the world to mark Pride Month. No more. A new ban, woven into the spending bill that Biden signed on ... Read More

Book Bans Across the U.S.

These children’s picture ... A report from the free speech organization PEN America looked at the role of politics and advocacy groups in the growing number of book bans in schools across ... Read More