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May 7, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Dealt Massive Blow as Judge Blocks Executive Order on Libraries
Donald Trump’s executive order dismantled the federal agencies supporting libraries, museums, minority businesses, and mediation services.
March 31, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Trump’s Mass Purge Finally Hits Museums and Libraries
Donald Trump’s overhaul of the federal government has reached the agency that helps museums and libraries across the country.
March 21, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Elon Musk’s DOGE Moves to Gut Local Libraries While No One Is Looking
DOGE is seizing the Institute of Museum and Library Service.
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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