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Banned Book Week started in 1982 after there was an increase in the number of books and materials being challenged in libraries, bookstores, and schools.

Booksellers at Oak Park’s Underground Books discuss banned, censored and challenged works.

It's Banned Books Week, and several local libraries and supporters are shining the spotlight on titles that have generated controversy.

Book banning campaigns rise and fall over the decades. Currently, challenges to books seem to be increasing in this country.

"The American Library Association documented twice as many book challenges in 2022 as in 2021. We’re seeing more book challenges than in the last 20 years. But those challenges can

Should the nation-state regulate the books you can read? Is the censorship of books a justifiable element of a limited government? Though minimal interventionism is the approach of the U.S. government, the censorship of books continues to occur. Restrictions on reading materials and the censorship of books are not new or even unique to the...

I’m always confused by people banning books while protesting their freedom of speech on social media. I hear the excuse that it’s about protecting children.

In honor of Banned Book Week 2023, this week's featured read is "Gender Queer: A Memoir" by Maia Kobabe.

SHREVEPORT, La. - Shreve Memorial Library is joining the American Library Association and libraries across the nation to celebrate Banned Books Weeks. It is happening now through Saturday.

RACINE – About June or July each year, the American Library Association (ALA) releases an updated list of books that have been banned and challenged in