There were 10,000 instances of book bans at public schools in the 2023-24 school year, according to PEN America. In 2024, 5,813 titles were challenged in public libraries and schools nationwide, says ...

Photo: Perfecto Capucine, via Unsplash. Mississippi minors are being denied access to widely used e-book and audiobook platforms due to a new book-banning law. The law, which went into effect at the ...

As October’s National Book Month comes to a close, it still remains a celebration of the importance of reading. Yet, as we promote literacy and raise awareness about its significance this month, we ...

Is book banning contributing to declining literacy rates? Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. That's the question addressed in a new paper by Danielle Dennis, dean of the ...

Growing up in Texas, Eva Longoria and her sisters loved reading and thought the local library was “the funnest place in the world,” as she put it. Their mother was a teacher, so Longoria was raised to ...