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June 24, 2024
Edith Olmsted
South Carolina to Launch Biggest Censorship Campaign Yet
The South Carolina state superintendent of education is about to gut school libraries.
June 11, 2024
Ben Metzner
The Toni Morrison Award Winners: Fighters in the Censorship Trenches
Five award recipients at Saturday night’s Right to Read celebration talk about what drives them.
April 17, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Ron DeSantis Suddenly Pretends He Hates the Thing He Loves the Most
The Florida governor is trying to backtrack on some of his signature legislation.
February 19, 2024
Tori Otten
West Virginia GOP Passes Deranged Bill That Could Put Librarians in Jail
State Republicans are taking the war on books to the next level.
June 1, 2023
Tori Otten
Montana Library Cancels Trans Speaker for Fear of Punishment Under Anti-Drag Law
The drag bans were never just about drag. This was the intended effect.
April 5, 2023
Tori Otten
Texas Senate Votes to Defund Public Libraries That Host Drag Storytimes
Two bills passed by the Senate would further restrict drag performances in the state.
March 16, 2023
MagazineMelissa Gira Grant
Conservatives Are Trying to Ban Books in Your Town. Librarians Are Fighting Back.
How a right-wing mania is destroying the social fabric of communities across America
March 2, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
Ron DeSantis Is Chasing Conservative Clout at the Expense of His Real Constituents
The governor and 2024 aspirant is building his national brand by making life hell for regular Floridians.
January 11, 2023
Melissa Gira Grant
The Conservatives Who Attacked School Boards in 2022 Are Now Going After Libraries
Moms for Libraries is set to inject right-wing politics into school reading shelves.
December 22, 2020
MagazineMaria Bustillos
Billion-Dollar Book Companies Are Ripping Off Public Schools
They’ve always overcharged for books. Now they’re demanding obscene costs for e-books.
February 24, 2016
Gwyneth Kelly
President Obama has nominated the first woman and African American as Librarian of Congress.
July 15, 2015
Michael Tracey
The Bernie Sanders Archive Is Bustling With Mysterious Young Men
Campaign interns have been tasked with digitizing every document—and keeping quiet about it
January 10, 2014
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Six Dictators' Favorite Books
June 26, 2013
Aron Chilewich
American Youth Read Books in Print (For Now)
March 9, 2013
Sarah Williams Goldhagen
The Revolution at Your Community Library
New Media, New Community Centers

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