Alan Gratz's children's book "Ban This Book" was published in 2017. Seven years later, his novel for kids ages 8 and older is at the center of a debate over book banning after a Florida school district last month took took the title literally and banned the book. The Florida school d...
The national furor in recent years aroundbanning bookson race and gender in public schools is intensifying as President-elect Donald Trump threatens to shut down the Department of Education, emboldening conservatives to end “wokeness” in classrooms. ...
Illinois First U.S. State to Restrict Book Bans in Libraries “Regimes ban books, not democracies," said Gov. J.B. Pritzker Protect Democracy By Charisma Madarang Florida School Restricts Amanda Gorman's Inaugural 'The Hill We Climb' Poem ...
Books bans have been an ongoing issue in the United States, especially in Florida. Whether or not it is a good idea to ban books in public schools, there are people who argue that the First Amendment protects books from being banned. According to freedomforum.org, book banning can violate ...
In 1650— 126 years before the United States of America even officially became an independent country January 24, 2025 Her Campus at UTD Book Bans: A Very Brief History and the Current Struggle Book banning (or burning) has been around for almost as long as human history has been recorde...
The highlights and lowlights of 2023 in book banning news and trends. That, plus this week's book censorship news.
What power do authors like yourself have against this removal of literature from schools? We make some noise. We tell some stories. But once again, it’s not as bad as we make it. The [banning of] abortions is as bad as we make it, but this problem is just b...
Roughly 30 Harvard affiliates rallied on the steps of Memorial Church Wednesday afternoon to denounce the banning of books and the elimination of educational curricula on queer theory, gender theory, and critical race theory in parts of the United States. The protest, held as part of a national...
Judy Blume Slams Proposed GOP Florida Book Banning, Weighs in on ‘Rewriting’ Roald Dahl Classics "No child is going to become transgender or gay or lesbian because they read a book," the beloved YA author said. "It’s not going to happen." ...
Hundreds of books have been banned from Florida schools. Nov 12, 2024 Major publishers sue Florida over book ban law in schools Classics that have been pulled as a result of the law include Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" and Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell...