The nonprofit organization offers comprehensive resources on creating community advocacy organizations to fight censorship, and monitor and speak out against legislative efforts.
The 2023 Youth Media Awards and librarian opinions about the Newbery dominated reader attention.
Book bans are often argued to be an infringement of First Amendment rights, but are they also a violation of civil rights? In the case of Granbury (TX) ISD, the ACLU of Texas says yes. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is looking into it.
As campaigns step up efforts to pull books from school and public library shelves, it's critical to have tools to defend titles.
The free online course for high schoolers features a powerful list of guest speakers, including author Ashley Hope Pérez, Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani, and student activist Jack Petocz.
Pat Scales explains why understanding terminology will keep LGBTQIA+ books on the shelves; why parents shouldn't have to know what their kids read; and more.
These podcasts and librarian interviews give listeners something to think about to start the new year.
New York doctor Jaclyn Sisskind shares the positive impact books have made on her patients and her concern for the harm of book bans.
For our September issue, journalist Martha Hinton reported on new approaches to teaching the topic of slavery in U.S. classrooms.
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