Interview | Education & Youth How Can We Resist Book Bans? This Banned Author Has Ideas. We must foster critical thinking and direct action to combat book bans, sociologist Joe Feagin says. By George Yancy , Truthout May 18, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Education & Youth Defunding Libraries Won’t End Book Bans — It Will Further Undermine Libraries Right-wingers have managed to reverse-psychology a blue state into doing the work of destroying civil society for them. By Jaime Taylor , Truthout May 10, 2023 Truthout
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 Truthout
News | Politics & Elections Missouri State House Republicans Pass Budget Bill That Removes Library Funding Republicans are retaliating against a librarians' organization for suing the state over a law on book banning. By Chris Walker , Truthout April 12, 2023 Truthout
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 Truthout
News | Culture & Media Internet Archive to Appeal Federal Ruling Against Lending of Digital Books The ruling could have wide reaching implications for the rights of libraries to own and distribute digital books. By Jessica Corbett , CommonDreams March 26, 2023 Truthout
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 Truthout
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 Truthout
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 Truthout
News | Education & Youth School Librarians Are in the Crosshairs of Right-Wing Book Banners and Censors Right-wing groups are escalating efforts to remove books that address race, gender and sexuality from school libraries. By Eleanor J. Bader , Truthout December 24, 2022 Truthout