Freadom Fighters News Today

Bestselling novelist Brendan Slocumb brings 'The Violin Conspiracy' to the L.A. Times Book Club Feb. 23.

In her time as a Texas school librarian, Carolyn Foote watched the image of her profession veer from “shrinking violets behind spectacles” cataloging titles to “pedophiles and groomers” out to

Conservatives vilify school librarians as "groomers and pedophiles" for stocking LGBTQ and racially themed books. "We have been cursed," said one librarian.

Some groups are new, some are longstanding. Some are local, others national. Over the past two years, they have become vastly more organized, well funded, effective — and criticized.

Librarians have borne the brunt of Texas school book ban battles at a time when their numbers continue to dwindle.

It used to be that Becky Calzada, library coordinator for Leander Independent School...

Caustic fights over which books belong on the shelves have put librarians at the center of a bitter and widening culture war.

As book-bannings sweep the United States, two campaigns from the industry demonstrate different styles and tones of response.

A group of Texas school librarians has organized #FReadom Fighters, a social media campaign with the goal of supporting authors, teachers, librarians, and students in their pursuit of intellectual freedom.

A new investigation by NBC News revealed public school districts across the state of Texas are moving toward banning books that discuss racism or sexuality.