Amna talks to PEN America’s Jonathan Friedman and Amy Reid about unprecedented government censorship on U.S. campuses

“Sold” by Patricia McCormick tells the fictional story of Lakshmi, a 13-year-old girl sold into sexual slavery to help pay off her stepfather’s debts. Her story is told in a series of vignettes, deliberately fractured to mirror her life itself. “Sold” was a National Book Award finalist, but now it has a new distinction. It’s America’s most banned book. 

Nora Neus, journalist and author of 24 Hours at the Capitol, called the White House’s account of Jan. 6 “outright lying about what happened.”

"Protest is an investment, and we need to invest in the future so that the next generation can have at least what we have, if not more."

For the past few years, author Charlotte Sullivan Wild has been working on a picture book about an LGBTQ+ family who learns to cope with one member’s deployment to the military. The story is inspired…

The Trump administration's censorship directive has reportedly targeted Obi Kaufmann.

Thomas Alter, who was fired for comments he made during an online socialist conference, won’t be allowed to teach but will be reinstated with pay, the university said.

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Alberta's education minister says sexually explicit content must be gone from school library shelves as of Oct. 1, but says the announcement is not about book banning.

“Pride Puppy!” by Robin Stevenson is a rhyming alphabet book. With brightly colored illustrations, it tells the story of a puppy that gets lost during a Pride parade. “Pride Puppy!”, despite its cute premise and beautiful pictures, is at the center of a Supreme Court case happening right now. A small group of Maryland parents have sued over exposing their children to LGBTQ+ inclusive books like “Pride Puppy!” at their public school. As outlandish as it may seem to center a children’s book in such a high profile, so much is on the line for authors, for access to literature, and for families like the ones portrayed at Pride in this children’s book.

The Trump administration’s latest effort to revive its student deportation campaign could drastically curtail the largest population of international students in the country.

Trump administration strikes at Harvard's right to enroll international students; an assault on academic freedom

As Trump’s assault on Harvard grows more unhinged, a leading free speech advocate explains how all this is already backfiring on Trump by stiffening institutional resistance to him—and what must happe...

South Carolina has voted to ban 10 more books in public schools statewide, raising the total to 22. This makes it the leading state for mandated book bans in every K-12 public school, replacing Utah, ...

The administration has accused the university of lacking viewpoint diversity. Harvard is fighting its demands, but embracing the vague term.

Fairhope originated as an experimental colony, and that spirit remains part of its character. But it now faces a culture war, with its library at the center.

North Dakota's Republican governor has vetoed bills to further restrict sexual content in libraries and to create a private school voucher program.

New low for attack on free speech with an author lecture canceled for even having a slide about banned books at U.S. Naval Academy

Students in Lamar can no longer learn about the state of Virginia on their online research database due to the ban

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Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U...

A federal judge ruled Thursday that Colorado’s Elizabeth school district must return a set of 19 banned books to school library shelves by Saturday evening. The books are primarily by or about LGBTQ p...

The office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the college to adhere to an executive order from President Trump banning educational material related to diversity, equity and inclusion topics.

University Declaration for Rümeysa ÖztürkApril 2, 2025Dear Tufts community,Please see below a declaration by Tufts University in support of a motion filed today by Rümeysa Öztürk’s legal team in Öztür...

South Carolina State Board of Education members question the mechanisms giving one person power to ban books state wide and table the decision to remove 10 more titles from schools.

Amid rising political tensions between the United States and Canada, and escalating threats of a broader trade war, the downstream effects of tariffs on writers, readers, publishers, and booksellers w...

The defense secretary’s office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions.