"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" ...

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 ...

Freedom is among the central tenets of American life or, at the very least, of our marketing strategy. Patriotic phrases, songs and imagery revolve around freedom, free people and freedoms that can't ...

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 ...

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 ...

Perhaps you caught the recent story about how Florida is now the national leader in school book censorship. Yes, we’re No. 1 in censorship and 47th in SAT scores. What a completely unsurprising ...

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 ...

Alberta ordered schools to pull “inappropriate” books, but paused its plan after a large school district banned scores of books in an apparent effort to make a point. By Vjosa Isai Reporting from ...