Emily Drabinski

Emily Drabinski is critical pedagogy librarian at the CUNY Graduate Center.

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

Op-Ed

Economy & Labor

Facing Threat of Far Right Violence, Library Workers Seek Safety in Unionization

Libraries are necessary social infrastructure, and the safety of workers is imperative to their continuing function.

By: Emily Drabinski ,; Truthout

December 16, 2022

Op-Ed

Education & Youth

Disinvestment Poses as Great a Threat to Libraries as Book Bans

It's time we reversed the decades of structural attacks that render libraries unable to serve communities effectively.

By: Emily Drabinski ,; Truthout

September 26, 2022

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