As Tennessee bans Holocaust-themed graphic novel 'Maus,' pastor organizes massive book burning

When the Nazis began burning books in May 1933, they claimed the books were “un-German.” Joseph Goebbels, “chief propagandist,” delivered an incendiary speech claiming “No to decadence and moral …

In textbook example of white fragility, mom wants biography of Michelle Obama pulled from schools

If you feel like you’re reading a lot more about book bans in the United States, you’re not wrong. According to data from Pew, for example, the latest Republican effort to ban (if not burn) books from …

Mayor in Mississippi gives library ultimatum over LGBTQ books—and people could lose their jobs

In yet another instance of people with power wanting to stomp out diverse books, Gene McGee, who serves as the mayor of Ridgeland, Mississippi, has refused to send more than $100,000 to the Madison …

Virginia's education debate moves from GOP victory to book burning in 6 short days

It took just under a week for Virginia to go from a Republican gubernatorial victory supposedly fueled by conservative backlash to school curricula to wild-eyed calls for book burning.

On Monday, the …

Virginia school board members call for book-burning amid planned purge of 'sexually explicit' books

In Texas, a state legislator wants to “investigate” hundreds of books in school libraries. In Kansas, a school district is pulling dozens of books off the shelves of libraries and forming a committee …