American Library Association

An appeals court has ruled that a Texas library must reinstate eight of 17 banned books. The ruling comes after the books were banned by local officials and ordered to be removed from library shelves.

Government can’t ban books even if they include ‘butts and farts,’ court says

PEN America has cancelled its annual literary awards after writers’ boycott over Israel-Hamas war.

Reports say thousands of books ‘banned’ or ‘challenged.’ What does that mean?

A new Illinois law will only give funding to libraries that refuse to ban books due to partisan or doctrinal disapproval

Senate probes Illinois officials over law that effectively bans book bans

Former president Barack Obama is featured in a library's TikTok showing readers holding up banned books.

Obama’s TikTok on banned books leads to varied media coverage

A Christian book publisher has obtained evidence that the ALA is trying to sabotage conservative groups from gathering in public libraries.

ALA pushing public libraries to ‘sabotage’ conservative story hour

According to a report released Thursday, March 23, there were attempts to ban a record 2,571 books from schools and public libraries in 2022.

Record number of books subject to ban attempts in schools, libraries: Media Miss

A Georgia school district may pay $107,500 in legal bills after it stopped parents from reading certain books at its school board meetings.

Georgia school district may face $100k in legal fees for censorship