Iowa recorded the country's second-highest number of book ban instances in the last school year per a new report by PEN America, a literacy nonprofit that advocates for human rights. Why it ...

The report comes during Banned Books Week, which first began in 1982 to raise awareness about the importance of free and ...

Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing last week's Department of Education ...

Kal Penn, the acclaimed actor, author, and former Obama White House aide, will host the 60th annual PEN America Literary Awards, to be held Thursday, March 2, at The Town Hall (123 W 43rd St ...

Legislatures in Iowa and Florida among other states passed laws that restrict ... within school libraries and classrooms,” said Kasey Meehan, who directs PEN America’s Freedom to Read program. The ...