It's Banned Books Week, an annual effort by the American Library Association to raise awareness about censorship. Each year, the ALA creates a top ten list of the most challenged books filed by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Milwaukee librarians are encouraging residents to pick up a banned book this week. The library posted a video this week featuring ...

Over the last few years, public schools and libraries across the country have seen a significant rise in attempts to ban or restrict access to certain books. In 2024, the American Library Association ...

This week is “Banned Books Week,” a fact being advertised at libraries and booksellers across the country. A sweet savor of past respectability still clings to the observance, which was launched in ...

It's Banned Books Week. Somebody mentioned this at our news meeting the other day and somebody else responded, well, what is Banned Books Week? Is that a week when we go around banning books? No, no, ...

A few years ago, I taught a high school seminar class in civics and democracy at a New York charter school. My goal for the course was for students to see that the U.S. Constitution isn’t an ancient, ...

Book censorship is … becoming the norm? For those who honor the work and dedication of our librarians, booksellers, authors and fellow readers, that’s the disturbing conclusion of a just-published PEN ...

Attempts to ban books in public schools are still prevalent—and efforts are still growing, according to findings from two organizations that track the number of book challenges and restrictions. The ...

This story has been updated to change or add a photo or video. It's Banned Books Week, an annual effort by the American Library Association to raise awareness about censorship. Each year, the ALA ...