ONEIDA, Illinois — The ROWVA School Board voted Tuesday, Jan. 18 to indefinitely postpone taking action to either suspend or allow a young-adult novel from being taught in freshman English classes.

Content warning: This article discusses violence. "The Hate U Give," a cinematic adaptation of Angie Thomas' bestselling novel of the same name, graphically addresses the Black Lives Matter movement ...

Black History Month is a time of celebration, when we honor the amazing people of the Black community that have shaped our history, inspired our culture, and fought for many of the civil rights we now ...

"Our story is a reminder to never be afraid to raise our voice in the name of justice," director George Tillman Jr. tweeted 2018's The Hate U Give, a timely story about the impact of police brutality ...

Sometimes the importance of issues discussed in modern-day books, film, art and other media goes unnoticed until they become relevant to society. “The Hate U Give” is an American drama film from 2018 ...

The final episode in our Back to School series focuses on two contemporary books that tell stories about gun violence. First, Jason Reynolds’ 2017 novel in verse Long Way Down centers on a moment of ...

Angie Thomas’s “The Hate U Give,” a best-selling book and film adaption, weaves together action, comedy, friendship and romance while touching on prevalent forms of racism deeply rooted in the fabric ...

The story of 16-year-old Starr Carter began as a short story assignment in one of Angie Thomas' college classes in Jackson, Mississippi. Like Carter, the author had navigated two completely different ...

The author is the ambassador for the 2022 Independent Bookstore Day. Angie Thomas, author of "The Hate U Give," "On the Come Up" and "Concrete Rose," is sharing her top book picks with "Good Morning ...

The author's latest YA novel takes readers back to Garden Heights to tell the story of Maverick Carter, Starr's father, as a teenager Angie Thomas—author of the powerful YA novel The Hate U Give that ...