Donald Morrison: Modern-day Puritans that ban books are destined to be left behind by progress (looking at you, Florida)
Our beloved Bay State happens to be the birthplace of book banning in America. But we've come a long way since 1650.
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Our beloved Bay State happens to be the birthplace of book banning in America. But we've come a long way since 1650.
As is often the case when you look back into history, there’s more than one possible answer. But one of the leading contenders has a fairly predictable culprit: the Puritans.
The Puritans outlawed Thomas Morton's "New English Canaan" because it was critical of the society they were building in colonial New England
Here’s your guide to the heroes and villains—plus a list of the 50 most banned books.
Librarians are defending the rights of readers and writers in the battle raging across the US over censorship, book challenges and book bans. That conflict has even changed how librarians are trained.