Conservative-leaning “parent rights” groups are succeeding in their children’s book ban campaigns as sales drop. Librarians say they are afraid to put books considered controversial on the shelves.

A pair of legislative bills argue that the law gives school districts too much discretion over school-library book bands, a ...

Parents in Maryland say they have a religious right to withdraw their children from classes on days that storybooks with gay and transgender themes are discussed. By Adam Liptak Reporting from ...