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Along with significant action from school boards and parents, legislation on books are rapidly moving through state legislatures across the country.

Central York students Christina Ellis and Olivia Pituch testified before the Civil Rights and Civil Liberties subcommittee in Congress on book bans.

Thousands of books, predominantly written by marginalized authors, have been banned from public schools. A House panel examined why.

A U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee panel on Thursday examined why thousands of books, predominantly written by marginalized authors, have been banned from public schools, and the impact of those actions on students and teachers.

Here's what you missed when students, parents, & educators came to Congress to talk about the increasing fear & censorship of reading material across the U.S.

WASHINGTON — A U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee panel on Thursday examined why thousands of books, predominantly written by marginalized authors, have been banned from public schools, and the

At a hearing on rampant book banning, half of the Republicans wasted time grandstanding about unrelated topics like Twitter, Hunter Biden's laptop, and masking.

More than 1,500 books have been banned in public schools, and a U.S. House panel is asking why they've been removed.

Over 1,000 books were banned in schools in the past year, with bans disproportionately targeting books on race and the LGBTQ community.

1500 book bans have occurred in 26 states in the last nine months. while the american library association says book banning attempts have surged in 2021, to the highest level since they began tracking them 20 years ago. congress held a hearing today to focus on the issue, featuring ruby bridges, who, in 1960, at the age of 6, defied a mob and became the first black child in a louisiana school. "ruby bridges goes to school" is one of the most challenged books of the past year. >> if were going to...