Laurie Halse Anderson’s book Speak has been accused of being anti-male. There’s also Anderson’s follow-up work Shout: The True Story of a Survivor Who... Read More.

A nd so it begins…  as of January 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has rescinded all guidance... Read More.

R ay Bradbury’s iconic dystopian work Fahrenheit 451 offers compelling insights into today’s epidemic of book banning. The progression of events within the text... Read More.

M alcolm X, needless to say, was a legendary civil rights activist and advocate for Black empowerment, one who continues to be widely celebrated... Read More.

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L ast year Unite Against Book Bans issued a call to action for readers, library lovers, and advocates everywhere to stand up to censorship... Read More.

W e’re over the moon about the first ever Eleanor Roosevelt Banned Book Awards Ceremony!  Amid the surge of books being pulled from shelves... Read More.

W hat actually happens when young people read “disturbing” books? Literary scholars Gay Ivey and Peter Johnston have studied this at length. And it's... Read More.

D ave Eggers' book The Circle was not only pulled from high school reading lists in Rapid City, South Dakota, it was on a... Read More.

T he New York Public Library is offering free, nationwide digital access to young adult books that have been the object of bans or... Read More.

I n this edition of our Power of Books Author Series, we talk with Ryan Estrada about his first-hand experience with book banning. He's... Read More.

L iterature is an excellent resource for school programs that address bullying. But not if books with themes of bullying behavior are banned. Forty-two... Read More.