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“I’m confused.” “Haven’t you noticed? All anybody talks about these days is ‘banned books.’ It’s all the rage. The best bookstores now have special displays of ‘Banned Books.

Read Freely Alabama, a volunteer group dedicated to opposing censorship in libraries has a list of the top 25 banned and challenged books in Alabama. What are the most opposed books of 2025?

Throughout history, books have been banned by various governments for reasons ranging from political dissent to explicit content. While censorship aims to suppress certain ideas, these books often ...

Often times ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) receives requests from students and researchers for information about specific banned and challenged books. Part of our mission at OIF is to ...

She said banning or challenging a book often has the effect of making people want to read it more. “That’s human nature,” said Twigge. Log In or Sign Up ...

The majority of books banned last school year highlighted stories featuring people of color and LGBTQ+ characters and subjects. A recent analysis of thousands of banned titles by PEN America ...

Sebastian de Klerk has been handed a two-match suspension for a dangerous tackle during the Vodacom Bulls’ win against Leinster last week. The Bulls winger received a red card for the hit on fellow ...

Ellen Hopkins’ New York Times bestseller “Tricks” has become the latest book — and the author’s third — to land on Utah’s growing list of titles banned from all public schools in the ...

What to know about Iowa’s ban on school books, LGBTQ+ topics halted by a judge A federal judge in Iowa has temporarily blocked key parts of a state law that would ban books from school libraries ...

Officials rescinded all guidance related to complaints that book removals in school libraries violate civil rights laws. With a new administration in the White House, libraries around the country are ...

But with those previously banned books allowed to return, schools are discussing what to do now. That includes the Urbandale Community School District, which says it’s working with lawyers ...