PEN America is out with a new report that found nearly 1,500 instances of book-banning across the United States in the first half of the 2022-23 school year.

Book bans in public schools kept rising during the first half of the 2022-23 school year, and nearly a third of them were the direct result of newly enacted state laws, a new PEN America report says.

More than half of books banned during the last school year featured or were about people of color or members of the LGBTQ community, according to a report released Thursday. PEN America, a ...

At the same time last year, the ALA found 695 challenges involving 1,915 different books. PEN America says in the 2023-24 school year, it found more than 10,000 instances of book bans, ...

PEN compiled more than 10,000 cases of books temporarily or permanently removed during the 2023-2024 academic year, ... Boston.com Newsletter Signup Boston.com Logo.

PEN America has released its most recent report documenting public school book bans for the full 2023-2024 school year, finding 10,046 bans nationwide—a more than 200% rise over the previous ...

Sarah Jessica Parker, Taye Diggs, Jodi Picoult and more took the stage at PEN America's gala to criticize book bans and the Trump administration. Watch Party Newsletter What to watch Win $100 📚 ...

In the 2022-2023 school year, Florida led the nation in the surge of book challenges and bans, according to free expression advocacy group PEN America. This year, the number of bans has more than ...

The number of book bans in U.S. schools has surged, according to a report by PEN America, with many of the banned books containing sexual content.

Book bans are increasing in classrooms and libraries across the United States. According to the latest report by PEN America, an organization that advocates for the freedom to read, there were ...