Looking to broaden the stories on your bookshelves this year? Mark your calendars: A new day celebrating diverse reading is on the horizon. The nonprofit We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) is launching its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Books with LGBT+ inclusive characters or storylines were at the heart of the dispute between a group of religious parents and a ...

On the last day of its term, the United States Supreme Court issued a sweeping decision in Mahmoud v. Taylor, finding that parents are entitled to opt their children out of school curricula that ...

In the effort to control what’s read in schools and libraries around the country, books with inclusive themes and diverse characters have become a flash point. Meanwhile, a vast majority of teachers ...

The case, Mahmoud v. Taylor, stemmed from the Montgomery County Board of Education’s March 2023 decision requiring elementary school students to read LGBTQ-inclusive children’s books. These books had ...

A coalition of 19 attorneys general filed a 31-page amicus brief with the US Supreme Court on Wednesday, claiming a Maryland county’s policy of incorporating LGBTQ-inclusive books into their ...

Opponents and supporters gather outside the Senate chamber in the Minnesota State Capitol, Friday, April 21, 2023, in St. Paul, Minn., ahead of votes on bills to make Minnesota a refuge for youth ...