Maintaining a robust media landscape requires understanding how and why to support independent media.

Last week, a judge approved a lawsuit against Utah's state-sanctioned book bans. This week, the state banned seven more books.

For the second episode of Liberating Lit, get to know the work of Dr. Emily Knox. Knox’s expansive knowledge and experience with book censorship across American history informs so much of the work bei...

Florida's Commissioner of Education is demanding all public and charter schools in the state proactively ban books–or face punishment.

Georgia’s second-largest school district is once again at the center of a political controversy over the appropriateness of school materials.

High temperatures violate the Constitution’s protection against cruel and unusual punishment, the judge ruled. Just over a third of Texas prisons are fully air conditioned.

Advocates for the freedom to read across the country share their wins, challenges, and opportunities as the work enters year six.

Dr. Tasslyn Magnusson has been tracking book bans since 2021. But her work is much more than simply counting–it’s helping motivate other people nationwide to get to work protecting the right to read. ...

Librarians who've been fired for not banning books and sued are winning settlements in their cases.

The Florida Department of Education’s annual report of books and materials removed, restricted, or discontinued by school districts for the 2025–2026 school year underscores the astonishing state of b...

Filmmaker Kim Snyder’s documentary about public and school librarians in Texas, Florida, and other states who unite to combat book banning in the United States was awarded a 2026 Emmy® for Exceptional...

Residents at the prison contributed $3,810 of their own money, while Kansas Department of Corrections employees added another $457.

From building a group that defends the right to read to exploring what's meant by "book censorship," catch up on past book censorship posts.

Prisons are rife with censorship. How can librarians provide strong service to those experiencing incarceration?

The Jonesboro Public Library Board voted to change library policies following a federal court’s decision to enforce Arkansas Act 372 earlier this month.

SCOTUS is primed to take up a censorship case, and a concerning lawsuit out of Oregon is worth keeping an eye on.

Patty Hector's lawsuit is part of a larger fight over library restrictions playing out in Arkansas and other Republican-led states.

A look at where and how freedom to read bills fail to address prison censorship and how advocates can help end carceral bans.

Where and how prison censorship impacts those outside the facility trying to provide books and educated to those inside.

Texas's Lieutenant Governor threatens public school librarians and educators over books in their schools.

Texas's Lieutenant Governor threatens public school librarians and educators over books in their schools.

PUSH by Sapphire, published 30 years ago, is the 37th book now banned in all public schools in the state of Utah.

In comments to the FCC, schools and libraries highlight the ongoing need for E-Rate to support daily operations and stress a loss of funds will cause harm.

Prisons are rife with censorship. How can librarians provide strong service to those experiencing incarceration?

Get to know the National Book Rating Index, BookLens, RatedBooks, and more tools being used to ban books across US schools and libraries.

Every Sane Adult Knows It’s Wrong To Let Hustler And Playboy Magazines Circulate In Our Schools. In A Similar Vein, It Is Every Moral Adult’s Duty To Keep Inappropriate Books Out Of Our Children’s Rea...

Once seen as a culture war confined to the USA, book censorship is gaining ground in the UK. Authors, librarians and teachers warn of mounting pressure to remove titles from school libraries, particul...

What is the Imagination Library and why are states across the US removing it from their state budgets?

Today, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division launched investigations into 36 Illinois public school districts to determine whether they have included sexual orientation and gender ideology (S...

There are now 34 books banned from every public school in Utah. Two more were added to the list just 10 days after four others were added.

For the sixth time, the Trump-Vance administration aims to dismantle and defund the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

The state of Utah has banned four more books from every public school statewide. That brings the total of state-sanctioned bans to 32.

These were the top 11 most challenged books in American libraries in 2025, according to the American Library Association.

The Miller Test and "government speech" doctrine have become tools by book banners, but they're being used to steal your rights.

Rutherford County Library System's director continues to fight back against a library board that demands she remove books, share private info.