Today on Commotion, Ira Wells, author of the book On Book Banning and the president of PEN Canada, explains why book bans are becoming more common in schools across Canada and the U.S.

It’s not that I don’t understand challenging books in the public schools. I once refused to sign a permission slip to let my 12-year-old watch “Mississippi Burning” in class. But it wasn’t a book.

On a special episode (first released on October 9, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: For this Banned Books Week, we looked at what kinds of books are being pulled from school and library shelves. USA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To hear PEN America and Moms For Liberty speak about the dangers of a society curtailing free speech, you may need to squint to ...

Books have always possessed an unsettling power to challenge authority, reshape minds, and ignite revolutions. Throughout history, governments, religious institutions, and moral guardians have tried ...

Over the past decade, a growing movement to restrict access to books in public schools and libraries has spread across the country. Every year, there are hundreds of attempts to challenge or ban books ...

The Rutherford County Library System Board postponed a Feb. 2 vote to remove Chairman Cody York's list of 192 books to protect children from "gender confusion." The lists from York and other board ...