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citing a common defense in several book banning cases now underway across the nation—that which books go on library shelves is “government speech” and thus immune from First Amendment scrutiny.

There's a movement happening in New Jersey, to prevent the banning of books, and it's thanks to one woman who created the ...

In 2023 the American Library Association documented more than 1,200 cases of efforts to ... The people responsible for moving books from classrooms and library shelves are trying to limit the ...

As activists seek to curb access to books and even hold them criminally liable, librarians ask people to listen, read and ...

Regional Library System agreed to let the Columbia County Library Advisory Board decide where books will be placed in library ...

The South Carolina State Board of Education is considering taking more books off school library shelves.

But this fall, a different kind of clash is taking place off the field — a divisive battle over whether certain books need to be pulled from library shelves. The book bans were initiated by ...

Books like "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison, "Forever" by Judi Blume and "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut have been pulled from the shelves of some Florida schools, according to the latest ...