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Efforts to ban books believed to be inappropriate for children and teens have seen a sharp uptick recently, but some libraries and bookstores are fighting back. Read more.

This year is on pace to set the record for the highest number of attempted book bans since the American Library Association began compiling data on library censorship more than

"This is going to be a long road to take back our libraries and to recover what we've lost"

Staff reportLet Freedom Read. A fREADom Festival at Covington's Roebling Point Books & Coffee on Saturday is a festival of banned books and free expression.October 1-7 is Banned Books Week, an

Libraries have always been on the front lines of the conflict between censorship and free speech.

Efforts to ban books believed to be inappropriate for children and teens have seen a sharp uptick recently, but some libraries and bookstores are fighting back.

Harris County Public Libraries announced a book sanctuary for banned novels in an effort to combat censorship and protect the right to read.

This year is on pace to set the record for the highest number of attempted book bans since the American Library Association began compiling data on library censorship more than 20 years ago. Last year, there were demands to censor more than 2,500 library books. In several states, legislatures have enacted censorship into law. In […]

This week is banned books week. Groups like the American Library Association encourage people to look at the books that have been banned and to think about why people attempt to remove them from public view.

"As librarians know, the loss of this intellectual freedom would be catastrophic to American culture and democracy."