The Huntington Beach Public Library is a community paragon and is expected to unveil its 50th anniversary plaque this month — a plaque that has sparked controversy with its politicized messaging.

A federal appeals court has ruled that public library officials may remove books from shelves based on their content, the latest development in an ongoing national debate over censorship and free ...

Martha Hickson, a recently retired media specialist who fought censorship at North Hunterdon High School in Annandale, New Jersey, shakes hands with New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (seated) after he ...

From today's majority en banc opinion by Judge Kyle Duncan in Little v. Llano County; I hope to blog more about the case, including the dissents, later today: We consider whether someone may challenge ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A new mandate now in place across South Carolina restricts which books can be on the shelves in public libraries. If libraries fail to comply, the consequences could be severe: ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has signed the “California Freedom to Read Act” (Assembly Bill 1825). The law forbids any state-funded public libraries from removing books or refusing to purchase ...

Americans last year challenged more book titles than ever before, according to a new report by the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom. More than 4,000 unique titles were ...

It is not a secret that many students across our nation are struggling with literacy skills, especially students from historically marginalized groups. According to the National Assessment of ...