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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge to a Texas county’s removal of 17 books from its public libraries, leaving in place a lower court ruling that allowed the purge. The books ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court in a free speech case on Monday opted not to hear an appeal by a group of residents of a rural Texas county of a judicial decision allowing local ...

A group of Llano County, Texas, residents asked the county's library commissioner to remove 17 books from circulation in 2021. The books covered topics including transgender issues and slavery. A ...

On occasion, what a book club needs most is for one person to tell another person to shut up. That’s when a book club facilitator could help. “When a club wants a facilitator, it’s usually because of ...