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We Read Banned Books – YouTube
by ACLU Video source: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/5FoA/aclu-every-book-featuring-judy-blume-and-jason-reynolds See Also: Playlist•7 videos•1,079 views We Read Banned Books – Description from YouTube… Since 2021, dozens of states have moved to introduce and pass classroom censorship bills that restrict students and teachers from discussing race, gender, and sexual orientation in public schools. At the same time, politicians and school boards…
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The Radical Power of a Bookstore: On Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights – Literary Hub
The Radical Power of a Bookstore: On Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights Gioia Woods Reflects on the Life of a Literary Icon, Via The University of Nevada Press By Gioia Woods, February 6, 2026 I discovered City Lights Bookstore in 1983. I was a high school sophomore in east Los Angeles on a campus so…
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10 ways to protect libraries and oppose book banning – Southern Poverty Law Center
10 ways you can safeguard our inclusive libraries and fight book banning December 10, 2025, By Lindsey Shelton As book banning becomes normalized, attacks on public and school libraries continue to escalate nationwide. The past few years have seen an unprecedented rise in challenges and removals of library books, with many targeting books that explore…
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Civil Discourse – Five Questions: Live with The Librarians – Joyce Vance
If you missed us live this afternoon, here’s the recording of tonight’s edition of “Five Questions With”—a special live interview with the producer and director of the movie The Librarians, in place of our usual written interview. You can tell it’s a special film about a special kind of hero from the way Kim lovingly…
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Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment – Literary Hub
Public libraries in TX, LA, and MS are no longer protected by the First Amendment – Literary Hub By Drew Broussard, December 8, 2025 Six months ago, Anthony Aycock wrote a piece for this website called “How a Single Court Case Could Determine the Future of Book Banning in America” in which he detailed a…
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Banned books: Why you should read these targeted titles now – USA Today
Why you should read these banned books now USA TODAY Staff, USA TODAY As journalists, it’s our job to seek out the truth even when it’s uncomfortable. We value diverse perspectives, are open to new ideas and respect intellectual freedom. So it should come as no surprise that the thought of banning a book would get us riled. …
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Latest PEN America Report Finds “Disturbing Normalization” of Book Bans in Public Schools; Nearly 23,000 Cases of Book Bans Across 45 States and 451 School Districts Since 2021
From PEN America: In a new report documenting public school book bans over the 2024-2025 school year, PEN America cites alarming censorship pressures on school districts including: new federal efforts to restrict education that amplify rhetoric from state and local efforts to ban books; persistent attacks conflating LGBTQ+ identities as “sexually explicit;” and state-mandated bans
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Legendary Actor/Author/Activist George Takei Named Honorary Chair of Banned Books Week 2025
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From the American Library Association (ALA): Pioneering actor, author, and activist George Takei has been named honorary chair of Banned Books Week, which will take place October 5 – 11, 2025. Takei will be joined in leading the annual event by youth honorary chair Iris Mogul. “Books are
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‘It’s Been Devastating’: A Q&A With The Top Librarian Fighting The GOP’s Book Bans
Source: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/american-library-association-emily-drabinski-book-bans_n_66102163e4b083254eac0549
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A Brief History of Banned Books in America
Attempts to restrict what kids in school can read are on the rise. But American book-banning started with the Puritans, 140 years before the United States By Chris Klimek, Host, “There’s More to That,” October 5, 2023 The American Library Association reports that 2022 saw more attempts to have books removed from schools and public…
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How to Protect Your Local Library From Book Ban Campaigns – Bloomberg
Library boards, school boards and legislatures are becoming battlegrounds in a push to censor books. Communities are fighting back. By Ariel Aberg-Riger, April 26, 2023 at 6:12 AM PDT National Library Week in the US comes amid a period of turmoil for libraries, as efforts to censor books intensify. Visual storyteller Ariel Aberg-Riger explores the…
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American Library Association Names 2022’s Most Banned Books | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
As book censorship soared, titles with LGBTQ themes were the most targeted By Teresa Nowakowski, Daily Correspondent, April 25, 2023 Maia Kobabe’s graphic novel Gender Queer: A Memoir documents Kobabe’s coming out as nonbinary and asexual. Since the book’s publication in 2019, readers have been regularly reaching out to Kobabe to express their appreciation for…
