PEN America Publishes New Report on 2023 Censorship Efforts in ...

Two States Are Responsible for Most of the Nation's School Book Bans

PEN America said the statutory process the law created for book banning and “the state guidance building on it” has led to a spike in statewide ...

It's not just schools — book banning is also increasing in prisons

However, a new report has found that the issue of pervasive book banning has now spread to an unlikely locale: American prisons. The report, ...

PEN America Releases Comprehensive Report, "Banned in the USA

PEN America has released the first comprehensive look at book bans in the 2021-22 school year, "Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to ...

Publishers sue Florida over book ban law, saying it creates "a ...

According to a report released in April by Pen America, a free speech organization, between July 2021 and December 2023, Florida had 3,135 ...

How Book Bans Might Impact Museums: A Q&A with PEN America's ...

If you follow the news, you've likely seen a surge in headlines about censorship and book-banning, with libraries and schools under protest, and ...

Certiorari Opposition (00928598-7).DOC - Supreme Court

PEN America's most recent report on book bans, Banned in the USA: The Mounting Pressure to. Censor, recorded 3,362 instances of bans in the 2022 ...

“Harmful to Minors”: How Book Bans Hurt Adolescent Development

1. PEN America, “Banned in the USA: The Growing Movement to Ban Books,” September 19, 2022, https://pen.org/report/ ...

US public schools banned 10000 books in most recent academic year

More than 10,000 books were banned in US public schools from 2023 to 2024, according to a report, marking a stark increase over the year ...

Book bans are surging — and taking an emotional toll on ... - CNN

There were more than 1,400 book bans in Florida alone last school year, as PEN America reported. Building a movement to buy all of them in a ...

PEN America - Facebook

“One of the most extreme cases of overcompliance with a censorship law we have ever seen.” So says Jeremy C. Young, PEN America's Freedom to Learn program ...

Unite Against Book Bans

United Against Book Bans is a national initiative to empower readers everywhere to stand together in the fight against censorship. Join us.

Number of book bans rose sharply in fall 2023 - K-12 Dive

Dive Insight: · PEN America's findings are in line with a recent report from the American Library Association that found a 65% increase in the ...

Censorship: PEN America Sees US Book Bannings Triple

Censorship: PEN America Sees US Book Bannings Triple -- Source: Publishing Perspectives; Published: 2024-09-23 11:01:35 UTC.

New PEN Report Discusses Book Challenges, NCAC and Diversity ...

PEN America has published a report devoted to book challenges ... recent book censorship efforts: the Beloved bill. Beginning in 2013 ...

First Amendment advocates fight growing number of U.S. book bans

To combat this, and in celebration of Banned Books Week on Oct. 1-7, PEN America has launched online training for students to fight book bans, ...

American Library Association reports record number of unique book ...

The number of titles targeted for censorship surged 65 percent in 2023 compared to 2022, reaching the highest levels ever documented by the ...

First Amendment advocates fight growing number of book bans

“The escalating crisis of book bans across our country in recent years is a direct attack on First Amendment rights and should concern everyone ...

The Three Attacks on Intellectual Freedom - The Atlantic

This threat is the subject of a new report that PEN America has just published ... ” (Because I have written about censorship and language in the ...

Resolution pushes back against 'un-American' book bans

The non-profit PEN America documented over 10,000 instances of individual books being banned during the 2023-24 school year, nearly triple the ...

School book bans have increased 33% over last, but hope is not lost

PEN America's annual report on book bans, released Thursday, revealed a significant ramp-up in the practice during the 2022–23 school year.