What does Freedom of Speech mean in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? What does “free expression” mean? Is any censorship legal? If a book is removed from a library or class, does that ...

On Thursday April 3, the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries held a web seminar titled “Book Bans and Your Right to Read.” The webinar featured a lecture from UMass librarian Laura Quilter ...

(The Conversation) – The United States has become a nation divided over important issues in K-12 education, including which books students should be able to read in public school. Efforts to ban books ...

A few years ago, I taught a high school seminar class in civics and democracy at a New York charter school. My goal for the course was for students to see that the U.S. Constitution isn’t an ancient, ...

Major publishing companies and authors Friday argued that a federal judge should deny Florida’s request to dismiss a lawsuit over the removal of school library books, saying a controversial state law ...

Texas county officials urged the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday to overturn circuit precedent in their challenge to a court order requiring that eight books about sex, ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Over the past several years, the calls for certain books to be pulled from library shelves, or moved to other areas of the library, have skyrocketed. Every ...

As 2024 comes to an end, Florida is turning a page — and then a ton more, since the state's lawyers are likely looking through court documents tied to its First Amendment fights. It's been a big year ...

Florida’s government is arguing that school districts have a First Amendment right to remove LGBTQ books. Or any book, for that matter. It’s a contention that First Amendment experts and advocates ...