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Following prodding from a Moms for Liberty chapter, Leon County Schools Superintendent Rocky Hanna decided to remove five books from high school libraries.

Under a new law, people can appeal to a state magistrate if a school district review doesn’t go their way.

Parents associated with the “parents rights” movement have become deeply involved in what they think should and shouldn't be taught in class.

Bernard Robins, who was detained outside his parents' South L.A. home by fellow LAPD officers, said the episode typifies the style of biased policing that's practiced in some parts of the city.

ORLANDO, Fla. — The classic novels “A Room With a View” and “Madame Bovary” and the epic poem “Paradise Lost” — published in England more than 350 years ago —

For months leading up to Jean Franco Rivera’s one-year wedding anniversary, he had the perfect plan to celebrate: Travel to Disney World and go on all his favorite rides with his husband, Ahmed, and brother-in-law, Luis. The three men, all gay and Latino, are originally from Puerto Rico, but now live in Texas. As the trip approached, Jean Franco, 42, said they felt somewhat concerned about traveling to a state that had passed legislation targeting LGBTQ people in recent months. But in the...

Officials say they see nothing wrong with checking books before putting them into classrooms.

The Miami-Dade School Board wants to know of book challenges after a Miami Lakes school restricted elementary students from reading Amanda Gorman’s poem, ‘The Hill We Climb.’

The Temecula Valley School District rejected a curriculum because one book mentioned Harvey Milk, a prominent gay politician. Newsom took offense.

Florida school districts have removed some books entirely while restricting others to certain grades or requiring students to get parental permission to see them.