List of All Articles with Tag 'book'

By Brendan O'Brien CHICAGO Illinois has become the first state to legislate against the banning of books in

In a lot of ways, the introduction of the Kindle marked Amazon's transformation into that

Illinois became the first state in the nation to prohibit book bans Monday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced, as states across the country continue to challenge and axe literature from public schools and libraries.

Elizabeth Gilbert has announced that she will halt the release of her next book after facing backlash because the story is set in Russia.

In the Middle Ages, stealing a book was more like stealing someone’s car today. Now, we have car alarms; then, they had chains, chests … and curses.

Facebook-parent Meta is the subject of four new complaints from human rights groups in Europe alleging that the algorithm it uses to target users with companies' job advertisements is discriminatory. Nonprofit Global Witness shared new research with CNN that it says shows the algorithm distributing job ads is based on gender stereotypes, and that it appears to be a global issue.

Reading transports us to worlds we would never see, introduces us to people we would never meet, and instills emotions we might never otherwise feel. It also provides an array of health benefits.

A library in western Washington state recently received a book so long overdue, World War II was happening when it was last checked out.

Maurice Sendak's books were shaped by his own childhood: one marked by the Lindbergh baby kidnapping, the concentration camp deaths of most of his extended family, and parents consumed by depression and anger.

Jordan Clarkson and Kyle Kuzma made the cut, but Chandler Parsons did not. Tough.

Every child under the age of five in California is now qualified to receive a free book in the mail every month, thanks to the state's expansion of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.

Sure, all books are filled with words—but not quite like this.