Washoe County had 22 of the 9,021 challenges to books across the nation in 2023. Most contained LGBTQ+ themes.

Susan Thode is a licensed mental health professional who published “Riptide.” A mental health counselor in Enumclaw is trying ...

Another highly voted commenter agreed, writing, “I would way rather foil a tween’s plan to sneak smut past their mom than ...

It’s National Banned Books Week, a week that calls attention to censorship and the banning of books. All three of the city’s ...

The Washoe County School Board has seen a surge in complaints about books in school libraries since last year.

Libraries across the country are experiencing an unexpected surge in popularity among a cohort that once shunned them – ...

I know, I was a weird kid. Born during the time when parents bought sets of World Book or Britannica encyclopedias, I was the girl who would sit down and read the dictionaries that came with the set.

Thanks to a “super-cool teenager,” Julia Lockwood’s daughter Catherine has improved her reading skills. Last year, the ...

Five long months into the pandemic, Aiden Branss found himself wide awake in the middle of the night, meditating on the world’s battered state and sucking down coffee. The 16-year-old grabbed his ...

A North Carolina teen spoke out Tuesday at a school board meeting after she was allegedly forced to read a sexually explicit ...

The trend to restrict access to books is on the rise in our states, according to the American Library Association. Books in public schools and libraries may be challenged, and if successful, banned. A ...

The U.S. has seen a spike in book censorship over the past several years, with titles by people of color and LGBTQ authors in ...