You know the phrase: Don't judge a book by its cover. And yes, in modern parlance, it’s more about not judging people. Looks ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Over the past decade, a growing movement to restrict access to books in public schools and libraries has spread across the country. Every year, there are hundreds of attempts to ...

Some of our cherished, time-honored proverbs are a little … well … more complicated than they seem. “You can’t judge a book by its cover.” Well, yes you can ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A display at the Hoboken Public Library in Hoboken, N.J., features books that have been targeted or banned in other states. Ana ...

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