AP NEWS
Listen
  • U.S. News
  • World News
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Entertainment
  • Business
  • Technology
  • Health
  • Science
  • Oddities
  • Lifestyle
  • Photography
  • Videos
Listen
  1. AP Top News
  2. U.S. News
  3. World NewsRussia-Ukraine warAfricaAsia PacificAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle East
  4. PoliticsPresident BidenCongressSupreme CourtElection 2023
  5. SportsMLBFrench OpenNBA FinalsNHLNFLWNBASoccerGolf
  6. EntertainmentFilm reviewsMoviesMusicTelevisionFashion
  7. BusinessU.S. economyFinancial markets

  8. Videos
  9. Technology
  10. HealthCOVID-19
  11. MoreAP InvestigationsClimate and environmentOdditiesPhotographyTravelScienceAP Fact CheckLifestyleReligionPress Releases
  • Debt ceiling deal
  • Jeffrey Epstein records
  • Russia-Ukraine war
  • Arizona limits construction
  • Spelling bee winner

Book banning

Click to copy

Book ban efforts surging in 2022, library association says

By HILLEL ITALIESeptember 16, 2022 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — The wave of attempted book banning and restrictions continues to intensify, the American Library Association reported Friday. Numbers for 2022 already approach last year's totals, which were the highest in decades.

Florida has 3rd largest number of school book ban incidents

April 9, 2022 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — There have been more than 200 instances of public school districts in Florida banning books since last July, the third highest number of incidents of any state in the U.S., according to a report from an advocacy group for writing professionals.

Library study finds ‘challenged’ books soared in 2021

By HILLEL ITALIEApril 4, 2022 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom, has never been so busy.

“A year ago, we might have been receiving one, maybe two reports a day about a book being challenged at a library.

From masks to book banning, conservatives take on educators

By MEAD GRUVERDecember 19, 2021 GMT

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A recent Wyoming school board meeting was again packed with opponents of mask mandates when things took an abrupt turn and a parent started reading aloud sexually explicit passages from a book available in school libraries.

AP NEWS
  1. Top Stories
  2. Video
  3. Contact Us
  4. Accessibility Statement
Download AP NEWS
Connect with the definitive source for global and local news
More from AP
  1. ap.org
  2. AP Insights
  3. AP Definitive Source Blog
  4. AP Images Spotlight
  5. AP Explore
  6. AP Books
  7. AP Stylebook
Follow AP
The Associated Press
  1. About
  2. Contact
  3. Customer Support
  4. Careers
  5. Terms & Conditions
  6. Privacy
All contents © copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.