A Florida federal judge ruled that a school district's removal of an LGBTQ+ book did not violate First Amendment rights. The judge stated that school libraries are not public forums and curating books ...

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When a junior at an Orange County public high school in Florida visited the school library to check out a copy of On the Road by Jack Kerouac, it wasn’t in its Dewey decimal system-assigned location.

First, she said, she received an email from one of her daughter's teachers asking for students to return their library books and saying the library would be closed indefinitely. Around the same time, ...

A federal judge on Wednesday struck down key provisions of a Florida law that’s been used to remove hundreds of books from public school libraries since it was enacted in 2023. “It’s a complete ...

Here’s the thing about free speech: It isn’t just about what you say. The First Amendment guarantees the freedom to access information and read for all, including children. Fortunately, Colorado ...

Some school librarians in Florida have found themselves in the midst of controversy over complaints of "obscene" titles in their libraries. Trish233/iStock via Getty Images When a junior at an Orange ...