- School librarians face a new penalty in the banned-book wars: prison https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2023/may/18/school-librarians-face-a-new-penalty-in-the-banned/ 46 comments politics
- Art Spiegelman on the School Ban of His Book »Maus« https://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/art-spiegelman-on-the-school-ban-of-his-book-maus-a-58938085-2115-4e6b-bf20-d31ae323e80e 18 comments politics
- Americans Don’t Want Books Banned, But They’re Divided Over What Schools Teach https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-dont-want-books-banned-but-theyre-divided-over-what-schools-teach/ 37 comments politics
- Texas school bans seven 'obscene' books in banned books week http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/24/texas-school-bans-books-in-banned-books-week 5 comments books
- My school banned this book because it had a gay couple in it! (unfair) :( http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13436373-drama 30 comments books
- Shakespeare's The Tempest included in list of books banned in Arizona schools http://www.salon.com/2012/01/13/whos_afraid_of_the_tempest/ 29 comments books
- Push to ban books in Texas schools spreads to public libraries https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/20/texas-library-books/ 858 comments nottheonion
- The push to ban books in Texas schools spreads to public libraries https://www.texastribune.org/2021/12/20/texas-library-books/ 189 comments nottheonion
- School bans bags so boy turns up carrying books in a microwave https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/22/school-bans-bags-so-boy-turns-up-carrying-books-in-a-microwave-8062221/ 16 comments worldnews
- "In Texas, 17 books were reported banned during the 2010-2011 school year, according to the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas. Here they are:" http://blog.chron.com/bookish/2011/09/books-banned-in-texas/ 4 comments books
- Oklahoma Schools ban books by Frederick Douglas and Maya Angelou https://www.oklahoman.com/story/opinion/2022/09/05/banned-books-whats-on-the-forbidden-list-in-some-oklahoma-schools/65468650007/ 148 comments politics
- Books bans and ‘gag orders’: the US schools crackdown no one asked for https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/feb/21/books-bans-gag-orders-suppress-discussion-racism-lgbtq-us-schools 26 comments politics
- Book banning in Texas schools: Titles are pulled off library shelves in record numbers https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-books-race-sexuality-schools-rcna13886 248 comments politics
- Some school librarians fed up with book bans are organizing and fighting back https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/21/us/texas-school-librarians-book-challenges/index.html 789 comments books
- Pennsylvania school district reverses ban on books by authors of colour https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/sep/22/pennsylvania-school-district-reverses-ban-on-books-by-authors-of-colour 56 comments nottheonion
- My High School has banned SEVEN of our books due to some parental complaints http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/park-cities/headlines/20140921-highland-park-isd-suspends-seven-books-after-parents-protest-their-content.ece 72 comments books
- School board member sworn in on pile of banned books to troll Moms for Liberty https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/07/moms-for-liberty-banned-books/ 107 comments politics
- Book bans in schools are catching fire. Black authors say uproar isn’t about students. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/book-bans-schools-are-catching-fire-black-authors-say-uproar-isnt-stud-rcna10228 50 comments politics
- School board book bans on LGBTQ issues and race are hurting, not helping, students https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/school-board-book-bans-lgbtq-issues-race-are-hurting-not-n1283691 25 comments politics
- Utah bans 13 books at schools, including popular “A Court of Thorns and Roses” series, under new law https://apnews.com/article/utah-school-book-ban-d7345be6a89cfa6cd2cb5ddd25fca700 69 comments politics
- Will Florida legislators make it easier to ban books in schools? We’ll soon find out. http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/2019/03/17/will-florida-legislators-make-it-easier-to-ban-books-in-schools-well-soon-find-out/ 7 comments politics
- If you guys remember a few days ago I posted about my school banning books, well, they've reversed their decision! http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/park-cities/headlines/20140929-highland-park-isd-reverses-book-suspensions-at-high-school.ece?hootPostID=89edd1eba71ee52e136099e69a01a6f4 306 comments books
- Students raise money, give away 300 copies of book banned in their school, publisher donates 350 more. http://boingboing.net/2014/04/24/students-raise-money-give-awa.html 11 comments books
- Private school organization in Pakistan ban Malala Yousafzai's book, calling it disrespectful to Islam http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/inspiration-or-danger-private-schools-in-pakistan-ban-malala-yousafzais-book-8930925.html 13 comments worldnews
- American Values Survey Question Database | Books that contain dangerous ideas should be banned from public school libraries http://www.people-press.org/values-questions/q41f/ban-dangerous-books-from-public-school-libraries/#all 6 comments books
- Judge blocks most of an Iowa law banning some school library books and discussion of LGBTQ+ issues https://apnews.com/article/iowa-book-ban-lgbtq-2b53b6c361bad54e94626a8a26b7f034 6 comments law
- Ron DeSantis’s administration compares kid’s book on gay penguins to Nazi propaganda. Florida's attorney general is using dishonesty and scaremongering to ban queer books from school libraries. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/12/ron-desantiss-administration-compares-kids-book-on-gay-penguins-to-nazi-propaganda/ 61 comments politics
- Chino Valley Unified School District set to ban LGBTQ+ books. Critics charge that Board President Shaw has been tone-deaf to understanding the needs of LGBTQ+ and other minority students https://www.losangelesblade.com/2023/11/17/chino-valley-unified-school-district-set-to-ban-lgbtq-books/ 28 comments politics
- Proud mom of LGBTQ+ child defeats Antonin Scalia’s daughter in school board election. Allison Spillman linked opponent Meg Bryce to her father's conservative legacy and nationwide efforts to ban books. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/11/proud-mom-of-lgbtq-child-defeats-antonin-scalias-daughter-in-school-board-election/ 70 comments politics
- New poll shows massive backlash to anti-LGBTQ school policies. A new Navigator Research Poll shows that book bans, school sports policies, and Don’t Say Gay bills are wildly unpopular https://www.losangelesblade.com/2023/08/30/new-poll-shows-massive-backlash-to-anti-lgbtq-school-policies/ 151 comments politics
- Conservatives have enacted about 1,600 book bans in school districts over the last 9 months, with Texas leading the way, report says https://www.businessinsider.com/book-bans-texas-lgbtq-race-gender-sexuality-republicans-2022-4 106 comments books
- During Banned Books Week in September, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom announced a 60% increase from last year in the number of challenges to books offered in schools and public libraries https://www.wgbh.org/news/commentary/2021/11/29/want-to-secure-our-democracy-stand-with-librarians 47 comments books
- Students Protest Book Bans in Pennsylvania School District: “They’re banning material from ‘Sesame Street,’ but not David Duke. They’re banning PBS, but not the KKK,” Pennsylvania State Education Association spokesperson Lauri Lebo said in an email with The Morning Call. https://bookriot.com/student-book-ban-protest 705 comments books
- Harry Potter banned: Nashville Catholic school bans "Harry Potter" book series, citing risk of "conjuring evil spirits" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-potter-books-banned-nashville-catholic-school-bans-series-read-by-a-human-being-risk-conjuring-evil-spirits/ 10 comments nottheonion
- Help me out! I want to reinstate the seven "suspended" books at my alma mater, Highland Park High School in Dallas. Among the books banned are The Working Poor: Invisible in America; Siddhartha; An Abundance of Katherines; Song of Solomon. This petition can register your displeasure. https://www.change.org/p/dr-dawson-orr-reinstate-the-seven-suspended-books-at-hphs 10 comments books
- Riverside schools committee has banned the book “The Fault in Our Stars” from its middle schools after a parent challenged the teen love story as inappropriate for that age group http://www.losangelesregister.com/articles/book-605255-school-committee.html 1069 comments books
- Parents at Depew High School wanted to ban John Green's Looking For Alaska because they believed it was "pornographic". One parent refused to read the book claiming "One does not need to have cancer to diagnose cancer". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looking_for_Alaska#Controversy 836 comments books
- Malala Yousufzai’s recent book ‘I am Malala’ will be banned completely due to its ‘controversial’ contents in all private schools across all the Pakistan http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2013/11/07/news/national/i-am-malala-banned-in-private-schools/ 420 comments worldnews
- Philip Pullman refuses to undergo 'insulting' child safety check and will be banned from reading his books in schools. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/5834646/philip-pullman-refuses-to-undergo-insulting-child-safety-check.html 58 comments reddit.com
- Stephen King gives blunt three-word response after discovering Florida banned 23 of his books in schools. Twenty-three of King’s novels have been banned from schools in the US state thanks to a 2022 legislation signed by Ron DeSantis https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/stephen-king-banned-books-florida-b2606624.html 78 comments politics