Book censorship in US schools has become 'rampant and common', free speech advocates warn

Since July 2021, PEN America has documented more than 22,800 cases of book bans across 45 states and 451 public school districts.
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Best-Selling Author Jodi Picoult Reacts to Being on the List of 'Most Banned Authors' in Schools

A best-selling author of 29 novels, Picoult took to social media this week to unpack the results of a new study on banned books for the 2024-2025 school year—and unsurprisingly, she was ranked among ...
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Iconic horror author critical of Trump is the most-banned author in US schools

PEN America's “Banned in the USA," which tracks more than 68.000 instances of books either temporarily or permanently pulled for the 2024-2025 school year. This year's total is down from more than ...

Stephen King, Jodi Picoult among most-banned authors in schools

The best-selling horror writer Stephen King was the most-banned author over the past school year, according to a report by free-expression organization PEN America, which found that his works had been ...