A San Francisco store is shipping LGBTQ+ books to places where they are banned

Beginning last May, she started raising money and looking for recipients. Becka Robbins's books have gone to places like a pride center in West Texas and an LGBTQ-friendly high school in Alabama.

Commentary: We must challenge the subtle censorship of books as much as the brazen

Are librarians like us fighting censorship if we defend only those titles with which we agree?

Maine Voices: Yearning for unity in my adopted country

As I get older, I find it frustrating to witness the gradual erosion of the trust Americans reserved for their government and their pride in their democracy and rule of law.

Books banned in other states fuel Vermont lieutenant governor’s reading tour

As some states ban or restrict certain books in schools and libraries, Vermont’s lieutenant governor is on a statewide banned book reading tour, highlighting what he calls the importance of representation, free speech, open dialogue and exchange of ideas.

Commentary: Are book bans unconstitutional? They are certainly political

Commentary: Where democracy won in 2022

Make no mistake, extremist threats haven’t gone away – but it was also the year when ‘the good guys struck back.’

UMF hosts banned book performance

Featuring lines and dialogue from books that have been banned over the years for many different reasons, honor students at UMF gave a performance that was also their final project for a class on banned books.