The public library in Fairhope, Alabama — a picturesque city on the shores of Mobile Bay — has found itself in the crosshairs of battles over library content. The Alabama Public Library Service Board ...

"the [a] average person, [b] applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, [c] taken as a whole, [d] appeals to the prurient interest" (which means a "shameful or morbid" ...

In a recent commentary, the writers described why they support restricting books with sexually explicit descriptions from children in schools. They were concerned that "words in a book ... spark ...

VAN BUREN -- Two parent plaintiffs were within their rights to sue Crawford County over the screening of "inappropriate" library books, a federal judge said in his decision striking down an effort to ...

An Alabama library embroiled in a two-year controversy over “inappropriate” books for children must send a list of challenged books to state officials. The Fairhope Public Library lost $42,000 in ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Department of Education sent a letter to Hillsborough County Schools’ Superintendent Van Ayres Friday, claiming the district has not removed “pornographic and ...

Local parents are drawing attention to explicit and political reading material available in North Carolina public schools after lawmakers passed legislation allowing parents to opt their children out ...

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 found ...

Rhode Island lawmakers are considering a "Freedom to Read" bill that would protect books on race, gender, and identity from being banned in schools and libraries. Proponents of the bill argue that it ...

R.E. Wermus is a journalism intern for The Daily Signal. A Texas mother is looking to pass several bills through the state legislature this session after discovering what she calls “vulgar,” “profane, ...