Emily Drabinski

Emily Drabinski is an associate professor at the Queens College (CUNY) Graduate School of Library and Information Studies.

Op-Ed

Education & Youth

Facing Cuts Likely to Worsen Under Trump, Academic Librarians Urgently Organize

As the war on higher education looks to heat up, academic libraries will likely be the first on the chopping block.

By: Emily Drabinski ,; Truthout

November 17, 2024

News

Education & Youth

Librarians Resist Israel’s Efforts to Destroy Palestinian Cultural Heritage

A global network of librarians and archivists is organizing in solidarity with their Palestinian colleagues.

By: Emily Drabinski ,; Truthout

August 27, 2024

News

Education & Youth

Idaho Law Criminalizes Librarians Who Allow LGBTQ Books to Stay on Their Shelves

An informal survey suggests that more than half of the librarians in Idaho are considering leaving their jobs.

By: Emily Drabinski ,; Truthout

July 12, 2024

Op-Ed

Prisons & Policing

As Book Bans Sweep the US, Incarcerated People Face the Worst Censorship

The freedom to read for everyone requires an end to prisons.

By: Emily Drabinski ,; Truthout

July 25, 2023

News

Education & Youth

The Fight Against Book Bans Is Mobilizing a New Generation of Student Activists

As the right bans books on LGBTQ issues and racial justice, youth are getting a crash course in collective organizing.

By: Emily Drabinski ,; Truthout

May 25, 2023

News Analysis

Education & Youth

Progressive Library Boards Can Block Right-Wing Censorship. Here’s How.

Want to fight right-wing censors? Join a public library board! They are at the front lines of this struggle nationwide.

By: Emily Drabinski ,; Truthout

April 20, 2023

Op-Ed

Education & Youth

When Missouri Proposed Library Censorship, Librarians Got Organized

The librarians’ partial victory shows how pro-worker, anti-censorship organizing can work even in a conservative state.

By: Emily Drabinski ,; Truthout

March 27, 2023

Op-Ed

Education & Youth

Students and Parents Are Fighting to Save NYC’s Imperiled School Libraries

New York City law requires every school to have a staffed library, but students are increasingly left without one.

By: Emily Drabinski ,; Truthout

February 4, 2023

Op-Ed

Education & Youth

As the Public Focuses on Book Bans, the Right Is Quietly Defunding Libraries

To protect libraries, we need to fight defunding as hard as we fight book bans.

By: Emily Drabinski ,; Truthout

January 21, 2023

News

Politics & Elections

Louisiana Communities Organize to Defend Libraries From Far Right Censorship

A far right battle against libraries that started in Lafayette is now unfolding across the state.

By: Emily Drabinski ,; Truthout

December 26, 2022

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