Libraries
There’s a long history of book-banning in the U.S. But conservative groups are emboldened like never before, and they’re taking their mission to a new level.
“Poetry is a way of to remember our relationship with the natural world is reciprocal. It's having a place to breathe and having a place to pay attention.”
As an ultra-regressive movement aims to send gender norms back to the 1950s, previously uncontroversial events are suddenly facing intense harassment.
A federal lawsuit accuses Llano County officials of censoring library books, including illustrated children's "butt" and "fart" books.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Rights activists are calling the decision to remove LGBTQ-themed children’s books from library shelves “a restriction to the rights of freedom and expression.”
The House voted 51-14 to approve the measure that backers said will protect children. But opponents said it is so undefined and subjective as to be unconstitutional.
Banning books is nothing new in U.S. schools, but the tactics being used by conservative parents and right-wing lawmakers are.
If the Boise Public Library were still enforcing the late fee printed in the book, it would have racked up more than $800 in fines.
A man made threatening claims about a bomb outside the Library of Congress on Capitol Hill, prompting evacuations.
The music icon's album joins 24 other recordings that were recently added to the Library of Congress.