One of those sources, PEN America, is a nonprofit that has been tracking school book bans since 2021. The organization wasn’t aware of an official Project 2025 banned book list.

A new PEN America analysis of books banned during the 2023-2024 school year shows which stories were disproportionately removed from shelves — and debunks “exaggerated” claims about books that feature sexual experiences.

The first known banned book was Thomas Morton's "New English Canaan," a book published in 1637 that was banned by the Puritan government for its criticisms of their customs, according to a research guide from Harvard Graduate School of Education's Gutman Library.

Seven arts, culture, and free expression organizations have issued a statement asserting that recent Trump Administration executive actions are aimed at turning federally funded programs into “the mouthpiece of the presidential administration.

In a new report out today called “Cover to Cover,” PEN America provides a comprehensive analysis of the 4,128 unique titles that it determined were removed from public schools nationwide ...

Truong Huy San, 63, whose pen name is Huy Duc, was convicted for posting 13 articles on Facebook which caused "a negative impact on social order and safety", state-run Vietnam News Agency said in a report. The report said San pleaded guilty at the trial. Reuters could not immediately reach his lawyers for comment.