Hannah was chasing a line on a map, a forgotten colonial boundary, and a connection to a father she lost to cancer.

I’d become accustomed to putting everything on my credit card and paying off the full balance at the end of each month ...

COOK — Every fall, libraries across the U.S. take part in a weeklong advocacy campaign known as Banned Book Week. Aimed at raising awareness about censorship and challenged books, participating ...

These are the books New Yorkers couldn’t get enough of in 2025. The city’s three public library systems—the New York Public Library, Brooklyn Public Library, and Queens Public Library—have released ...

Massachusetts Democrats are leading a pushback against what they call "politically motivated book bans" with a bill that would set new rules for challenging books in school and public libraries. The ...

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WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court in a free speech case on Monday opted not to hear an appeal by a group of residents of a rural Texas county of a judicial decision allowing local ...

RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — Whistleblower Rutherford County Library Systems Director Luanne James claims the RCLS Board Chair, Cody York, instructed her to remove multiple books from the public ...

They come for vintage classics and children's hardbacks and historical romance. They slide titles off metal shelves and fill paper sacks. They browse for hours, scanning spines for the perfect read.

Ada Community Library board moved 2 books to adult stacks without formal vote. Chair said policy was followed and no vote was required by law; one trustee objected. Library trustee, state leaders ...