Its author, Robert Cormier, spent years fighting attempts to ban it — like many authors today. By Brian Raftery More books were removed during the first half of this academic year than in the ...

After already soaring to record peaks, book bans in U.S. schools have hit a new high, according to free speech advocacy group PEN America. In the first half of the current school year, the group ...

Lawmakers voted to repeal an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions. Here’s what to know about the fight over the law. By Anna Betts and Colbi Edmonds Arizona lawmakers on Wednesday voted to ...

The majority of these bans occurred in Florida, with 3,135 bans reported across 11 school districts. According to NPR, an unprecedented surge in book bans across the United States occurred in 2023 ...

The Federal Trade Commission proposed a new ban on noncompete clauses, which the agency says hurts workers and competition. Companies argue they protect trade secrets. WSJ breaks down what a ...

But they can no longer flatly ban them. According to the governor, this is a good pro-business, deregulatory policy. "Colorado is a state of entrepreneurs and small business people, and we should ...

A Washington judge ruled the state's high-capacity magazine ban unconstitutional on Monday, but the law will remain in place for now after an emergency order from the state Supreme Court.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Georgia's law also bans social media use on school devices and on school Wi-Fi, requires porn sites to verify users are at least 18 and mandates schools to provide additional education on social ...

TikTok is in the crosshairs again when it comes to its ability to operate in the U.S., and that's bad news for ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns the popular social media app. The U.S. House ...

New hotels are being encouraged to be built outside the city center. Along with the hotel ban, the city is also limiting the number of overnight stays to 20 million for the year. The limit ...

The Arkansas Board of Election Commissioners banned the use of electronic signatures on voter registration forms on Tuesday in a controversial emergency rule. Chris Madison, director of the ...