A recent study published in the journal IScience found that the number of adults who read for pleasure in the United States has continued to fall. While 26 percent of…
According to the 102-yearold organization PEN America, long considered the defender of free expression — particularly regarding literature and its proliferation — we are in a “book ban crisis.” Thousands…
According to the 101-year-old organization PEN America, long considered the defender of free expression, there is. Headquartered in New York City, the advocacy organization describes itself as a protector of…
The National Education Association — the country’s largest teachers’ union — recently made headlines for its public summer reading recommendations for educators that include books promoting sexual content and practices.…
“They’re banning books from their schools. We’re banishing hunger from ours,” tweeted Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday. While it’s not clear who the “they” is that Gov. Walz is referencing,…
Gov. Tim Walz recently made headlines for staging a Little Free Library outside his office at the State Capitol, filling it with books that he claims are banned in Florida,…
According to National Public Radio, “A division of the American Library Association voted unanimously Saturday to strip Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name from a major children’s literature award over concerns about how the…
Drag performers will regale families with glitz, glamor, and stories about acceptance and inclusion at three Saint Paul libraries
The University of Minnesota Duluth Office of Diversity and Inclusion makes a big deal out of Banned Books Week each fall. In fact, the office goes so far as to…
Many of us get nostalgic feelings reminiscing about the libraries of our formative years. But the libraries of today are not necessarily the libraries of our youth. The reality is,…