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Data from PEN America, a nonprofit organization that tracks book bans, shows Florida as the state with by far the most book bans between July 2021 and December 2023, followed by Texas.
The number of books banned in public schools over the past year skyrocketed to more than 10,000, with two states—Iowa and Florida—responsible for most of them, according to preliminary ...
PEN America, a free speech advocacy group, found that book bans nearly tripled during the 2023-2024 academic year with over 10,000 books banned in public schools.
According to a report released in April by Pen America, a free speech organization, between July 2021 and December 2023, Florida had 3,135 book bans recorded across 11 districts, the highest of ...
The No. 1 most banned picture book, "And Tango Makes Three," by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, tells the true story of two male penguins at the Central Park Zoo who raise a chick together.
Utah placed a blanket ban on at least 13 books in schools, including works by Sarah J. Maas, Judy Blume, Rupi Kaur, Margaret Atwood and other authors, in what free speech advocates say is the ...
Banned books and proposed restrictions on library materials have surged across the US within the last school year, with coordinated campaigns launching hundreds of attempts to censor and restrict ...
The free speech advocacy group PEN America indexed bans between July 2021 and June 2022. The organization found that Texas had nearly double the number of bans compared to other states, with over 700.