The number of writers jailed reached a six-year high last year, per the organization’s annual Freedom to Write Index report. China and Iran retained their respective spots as the world’s top two ...

North Dakota Governor Kelly Armstrong's decision reflects a growing divide within the GOP over the scope of government influence on educational policy.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Tuesday signaled support for the religious rights of parents ...

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is signaling support for the religious rights of Maryland parents who want to ...

The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing arguments Tuesday over the religious rights of parents in Maryland to remove their children ...

schools and across this country. Our stories matter, and they are under attack. PEN America reported more than 10,000 book bans in the 2023-24 school year alone, and those bans disproportionately ...

Montgomery County is the nation’s most religiously diverse county and the largest in the state of Maryland.

Brannen said in an interview with PEN America, a writers and free expression group. "There is no sex in my book. It’s a story about a family that ends with everyone dancing at a wedding." ...

The writers' group Pen America, which reported more than 10,000 books banned in the last school year, said in a court filing what the parents want is "a constitutionally suspect book ban by ...