Book Removals

Miami native Joanie Leeds's new record — “FREADOM” — takes on the movement by government leaders in Florida and other states to ban certain books.

Gov. Ron DeSantis himself has spearheaded the efforts to keep inappropriate books away from kids, but now he’s endorsing a plan to curb what some see as excessive challenges.

Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the Florida Department of Education and state legislature to rework certain policies that make it easy to challenge or ban books in Florida.

A debate was held Monday, Feb. 12 at the Orlando Public Library. Participants discussed Florida's book bans.

Bill de Blasio will be debating Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice on Monday, February 12.

Social Justice Alliance of the Florida Suncoast plans a Feb. 24 event with music and speakers in Venice.

The novel "Identical" by Ellen Hopkins has been banned 22 times in U.S. school districts. Hillsborough's decision to keep the book bucks that.

A lawsuit challenging the Escambia County School District’s removal of books from school libraries will move forward toward a jury trial, in a closely watched case that could have implications for parents and students across the state.

In 2023, HB 1069 took effect in Florida. The law made it easier to challenge any book that was pornagraphic, depicted sex or was age inappropriate.

A federal judge will hear arguments next month in a high-profile challenge to decisions by the Escambia County School Board to remove or restrict access to school-library books.

Families in Polk County Schools can use the Parent Portal tool to look through the entire library catalog at their school library, and then opt out of books they don't approve of.

Alachua County Public Schools said Friday it was putting back into a high school's library an LGBTQ book that had been challenged under Florida law over graphic references to masturbation and sex.