National News
Page 8 of 87
Escambia book ban lawsuit paused amid free speech fight
Thursday, October 23rd, 2025
via Sarasota Herald-Tribune (Florida)School Board – General, Book Bans
North Little Rock School District tells teachers to hide LGBTQ books
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
via Arkansas Times (Arkansas)Book Bans
No talk of book bans, genders as Parsippany BOE debate focus on budget, technology
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025
via Daily Record (New Jersey)School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Military must put banned books back on base school shelves, judge rules
Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
via The Virginian-Pilot (Virginia)Book Bans, Racism
Let’s talk about sex — or not. How Iowa’s book ban law is impacting sex education.
Tuesday, October 21st, 2025
via Iowa City Press-Citizen (Iowa)Book Bans, Sex Education
Michigan libraries, others target book censorship. What to know about Banned Books Week
Friday, October 10th, 2025
via Detroit Free Press (Michigan)Book Bans
Bad Takes: It’s up to San Antonio residents to push back at extremist book bans
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
via San Antonio Current (Texas)One group has counted 16,000 public-school book bans since 2021, 'a number not seen since the Red Scare McCarthy era of the 1950s.'
School Board – General, Book Bans, Parent Involvement
What to know about efforts to ban books in Arizona schools, libraries
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
via The Arizona Republic (Arizona)Banned Books Week highlights efforts to limit access to books, but the debate often results in people talking past, not to, each other.
Book Bans, Parent Involvement, LGBTQ+
Words with friends
Thursday, October 9th, 2025
via Homepage - Johnston - Johnston Sun Rise (Rhode Island)'Censorship Is So 1984. Read for Your Rights.' That's the theme of the 44th annual Banned Books Week, organized each year by the American Library Association. Since 1982, the …
Book Bans
One Kansas school district banned a book in 2024, per national report
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
via The Manhattan Mercury (Kansas)School Board – General, Book Bans
Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to ‘Banned Books Week,’ rebrands to ‘Freedom to Read’
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
via The Associated Press (Florida)Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai's largest library, set up her annual display to mark Banned Books Week, a national campaign that kicked off Sunday to spotlight…
Book Bans
It’s Banned Books Week. Here are some books that faced challenges in Wisconsin last year
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin)Oct. 5 to 11 marks Banned Book Week, where libraries, schools and nonprofits nationwide work to raise awareness of censorship efforts against books.
Book Bans
What are book bans? Here’s everything you need to know amid Banned Books Week 2025
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
via NorthJersey (New Jersey)Banned Books Week 2025 runs through Oct. 11, but what exactly is a book ban? Here's what you need to know.
Book Bans
Trump’s education department is working to erode the public school system • Louisiana Illuminator
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
via Louisiana Illuminator (Louisiana)ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Education Secretary Linda McMahon has been clear about her desire to shut down the agency she runs. She's laid off half the staff and joked about padlocking the door. She calls it […]
Book Bans, LGBTQ+, Parent Involvement
George Takei speaks out against censorship at BPL Banned Books Week event
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
via amNewYork (New York)As the First Amendment faces growing challenges, the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) welcomed American actor, author and activist George Takei for an unscripted conversation on censorship at the Central…
Book Bans, Parent Involvement
Librarians, high-school students sue SC superintendent, Greenville schools over book bans
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
via The Post and Courier (South Carolina)'By mandating the removal of all materials that describe sexual conduct from the classroom and the library, the Regulation undermines the Plaintiffs education,' the lawsuit concludes.
School Board – General, Book Bans
Librarians sue SC education superintendent over book banning regulation
Wednesday, October 8th, 2025
via The State Newspaper (South Carolina)At least 22 books have been removed from school library shelves after the regulation was adopted in 2024.
Book Bans
ACLU of SC files censorship and book ban lawsuit on behalf of librarians and students
Tuesday, October 7th, 2025
via The Greenville News (South Carolina)The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the South Carolina Association of School Librarians and three students, including two from Greenville County.
Book Bans
Texas school district yanks YA Holocaust novel ‘The Devil’s Arithmetic’ after using AI to detect ‘DEI content’
Monday, October 6th, 2025
via Sun Sentinel (Florida)The novel was one of dozens to be removed after Leander Independent School District, in a suburb of Austin, undertook its review in part by using artificial intelligence.
Book Bans, Parent Involvement