MARIETTA, Ga. — The Cobb County School Board approved, on Thursday, a proposal by the superintendent to ask the legislature for a law imposing a rating system on all school books in the state. Cobb ...
Ever picked up a book after scrolling through pages of glowing five-star reviews, only to wonder if you were reading the same thing as everyone else? Welcome to The Rating Game, where the seemingly ...
In recent years, book bans have emerged as a significant issue in our ongoing culture wars. In 2022, the most recent year for which data is available, more books were challenged in schools and ...
In “Nothing Random,” her rousing biography of Bennett Cerf, Gayle Feldman conjures an era when a glamorous publishing figure could be a household name.
In August 2022, a local parent sent the Clay County School District in Florida eight official Requests for Reconsideration or Review of Instructional Materials, commonly known as “book ban” requests.
After two years of litigation over Texas House Bill 900, a federal judge has granted summary judgment and ordered a permanent injunction to block the mandatory book ratings law. In his October 21 ...