The PEN America report found that, between July 2021 and June 2022, there were 2,532 attempted book bans targeting 1,648 unique books. This newest count builds on a PEN America report published in ...

According to PEN America, 4,349 books were banned from schools between July and December 2023, more than the entire previous school year. More than 3,000 of those bans were in Florida.

After already soaring to record peaks, book bans in U.S. schools have hit a new high, according to free speech advocacy group PEN America. In the first half of the current school year, the group ...

In a new report out this week, PEN America found that the number of individual books banned by schools across the nation surged to record levels through the first half of the 2023-2024 school year.

Story at a glance Last year saw a record 1,269 attempts to ban or restrict library books and resources, according to the nonprofit American Library Association (ALA). The 1,269 attempts in 2022 is ...

A selection of 21 books from 19 countries, spanning 18 languages, have won English PEN’s flagship translation awards in a record-breaking year for the international prize.

PEN America – Book Bans and Censorship. Season 24 Episode 11 | 26m 23s Video has Closed Captions | CC. According to PEN America, 2,535 instances of book banning occurred in America’s school ...

A record number of books were banned in districts across the country during the 2023-2024 school year, according to a free speech organization. By Alexandra Alter Jodi Picoult’s “Nineteen ...

Marcedes Lewis has been in the NFL for 19 seasons, and if he plays one more year, there's a good chance he's going to be able to pass Tom Brady in the NFL record book. And yes, you read that right ...

According to a new study by nonprofit organization PEN America, schools have seen a 200% increase in book banning from 2023-2024. These are the books that have been most-banned during the 2023 ...

In the 2022-2023 school year, Florida led the nation in the surge of book challenges and bans, according to free expression advocacy group PEN America. This year, the number of bans has more than ...

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.