2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (219+ words) “Never in human history have the people banning books turned out to be the good guys,” Julia Quinn, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author, declared to a room of applauding Jewish women. The sound of the shofar at the start…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (686+ words) As Rosh Hashanah 5787 approaches, the political world feels increasingly unstable. Public debate has become angrier and less forgiving. Antisemitism remains a disturbing presence in societies that should know better. War has brought terrible losses, and the threat of further conflict…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (950+ words) Qualified school library staff have long been considered vital by researchers to good literacy results among students. (ABC News: Rebecca Carmody) A petition to mandate teacher-librarian roles in schools is attracting strong support. It comes after national studies show an…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (121+ words) Published 1:30 am Wednesday, September 9, 2026 The American Library Association [ALA] and Banned Books Week Coalition have announced the theme for Banned Books Week 2026: “Let Books Be. Protect the Freedom to Read.” Banned Books Week will take place October 4–10, 2026. The Let Books…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (633+ words) The Redlands school board continues to tackle the contentious topic of striking a political balance in school books and materials. On Tuesday night, Sept. 9, it took another step forward, making slight changes to the Redlands Unified School District’s “controversial issues…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (331+ words) By Jaycee Gudoy | Published 17 seconds ago School book bans have surged and receded in cycles throughout American history, often reflecting the anxieties of a given decade more than the content of the books themselves. The following titles have each faced…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (730+ words) Need help understanding your rights as an LGBTQ+ person or someone living with HIV? Visit our virtual Help Desk. Books can help students see themselves reflected in the world — and discover the experiences of people whose lives are different from…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (740+ words) Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick holds a copy of “Let’s Talk About It,” just one of the books he called “dirty, filthy and vulgar” during a press conference on August 19. In an election year in Texas, the first sign of…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (487+ words) Though my role at the library was one that I loved, I eventually left as I realized I had transformed into a complicit gatekeeper of the silent censorship that had crept and overgrown the library stacks like a Virginia creeper…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (668+ words) Emily Galvin Almanza, who’s originally from Iowa City, is the author of “Andromeda Diaz and the Reasonable Doubt.” IOWA CITY — Iowa City native Emily Galvin Almanza has had many titles in her professional life: public defender, nonprofit co-founder, professor, author....