It is critical, now more than ever, that communities in Connecticut protect diverse perspectives in their public libraries ...
Book bans in schools across the United States is on the rise with conservative states more likely to restrict access to literature. More than 3,000 books have been banned across various states, with ...
Across the United States, a quiet yet powerful movement is changing what students can read and learn. Books that once sparked curiosity and challenged young minds are now being pulled from shelves ...
The attempts to censor, restrict or ban books in 2024 in the United States continued to surpass pre-pandemic levels, while books with LGBTQ+ themes dominate the most-challenged list, advocacy groups ...
An original manuscript and cover sketch by Theodor Geisel, better known under his pen name Dr. Seuss, will be published by Random House Children’s Books, the company said in an Oct. 28 press release.
The United States is “confronted by a serious domestic terrorist threat in addition to the foreign ones that have commanded our attention for the past two decades,” warn Council on Foreign Relations’ ...
For many, 2023 was a year of momentous change and loss, marked by events that will be chronicled in history books for generations to come. Longstanding tensions in the Middle East erupted when Hamas ...
This year, UNHCR reports that forced displacement has reached unprecedented levels, with 120 million people displaced as of May 2024. While many refugees are in need of support when they arrive to a ...
A map shows which states banned the most books in the 2024-2025 school year. PEN America recorded 6,870 instances of books being pulled from school libraries across 23 states and in 87 public school ...