Click here for the original audio and to read a book excerpt. More than 350,000 American kids are now wards of the state, meaning the government has assumed the parental role for these foster children ...

The latest moral panic centers on whether your child learns about racism and sexuality in the classroom. Who really benefits?

The subtitle of “Rehab,” Shoshana Walter’s book about the collective failure in this country regarding widespread drug addiction, says it all: “An American Scandal.” The Oakland-based Walter examines ...

Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai’s largest library, set up her annual display to mark Banned Books Week, a national campaign that kicked off Sunday to spotlight ...

Bridges to Belonging” is the theme of next year’s “community reads” event in Santa Clara County, which kicks off in January.

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FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid an uproar over books with sexual content and LGBTQ+ themes that some people complained were inappropriate for youngsters ...

The finalists for this year's National Book Awards have been announced. Among the 25 nominees are novelists Rabih Alameddine and Megha Majumdar as well as journalists Julia Ioffe and Omar El Akkad, ...

‘Tis the season to book holiday travel. Summer may have just wrapped up, but now is actually the cheapest time to start locking in airfare and reservations in advance of the busy holiday season. With ...

The publisher HarperCollins UK has said it removed "unverified" claims about First Lady Melania Trump from a recently published book and issued an apology. "HarperCollins UK recently published a book ...

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A former Wyoming library director who was fired amid a community dispute over sexually explicit and LGBTQ-themed books in the children's section will receive $700,000 in a settlement. Terri Lesley, ...