This MAGA-led California city council just lost its fight on banned books

This MAGA-led California city council just lost its fight on banned books

Huntington Beach voters support repealing a community review board that decides if books are too inappropriate for public libraries.

"School Librarians Are the First and Perhaps Only Line of Defense in a School for Students’ First Amendment Rights": Book Censorship News, June 13, 2025

Three U.S. states have provisions in their state law that allow for removal of books from all public schools under certain circumstances. These are South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah. Tennessee has yet to trigger this, though given how broadly school districts in the state have been banning books, it’s likely we’ll see this sooner than we think. Meanwhile, both Utah and South Carolina have been engaged in these state-wide bans since implementat…