The public library in Fairhope, Alabama — a picturesque city on the shores of Mobile Bay — has found itself in the crosshairs of battles over library content. The Alabama Public Library Service Board ...

"the [a] average person, [b] applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, [c] taken as a whole, [d] appeals to the prurient interest" (which means a "shameful or morbid" ...

An Alabama library embroiled in a two-year controversy over “inappropriate” books for children must send a list of challenged books to state officials. The Fairhope Public Library lost $42,000 in ...