The claim: Project 2025 seeks to ban nearly 3,000 books over topics including 'female autonomy and independent thought' A Feb. 15 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) claims the conservative ...

The book ban was part of a broader “Don’t Say Gay” law passed in Iowa, Senate File 496. Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed S.F. 496 into law in May 2023. It restricts instruction on LGBTQ+ issues ...

Opponents of book bans across the nation see signs of hope in a pair of reports released this week, but they say the data also demonstrated the vast scope of the issue. The American Library ...

All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M Johnson and Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer topped the list of banned books. Both titles have consistently held high spots on the list since they were published in ...

A Republican trifecta in Washington is raising concerns over the potential for national book ban legislation. Congressional Republicans have shown increased interest in the possibility, with House ...

Those books are also a part of an ever-growing book ban list. “People should be able to read the books they want to read,” Rep. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, said.

At Monday’s bill signing ceremony for the Freedom to Read Act, former librarian Martha Hickson remembered the night in 2021 when she became the center of the book-banning attempts that prompted ...

A federal judge heard a request Thursday to block Iowa's so-called book ban law once again but did not issue a ruling.The law created restrictions for school libraries on "age-appropriate materials." ...

The claim: Project 2025 seeks to ban nearly 3,000 books over topics including 'female autonomy and independent thought' A Feb. 15 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) claims the conservative ...

Individual parents are not behind efforts to ban books. This is not a grassroots effort. Greg Owen April 10, 2025, 4:04 pm EDT· Updated on April 12, 2025 ...