The nationwide book ban bill, HR 7661, has progressed out of committee and into the House. Here's what you need to know to take action.

Advocacy efforts are stemming the tide of censorship attempts in libraries, with more states enacting anti-book-ban laws.

Last month, Carla Hayden, the first woman and first African American to serve as Librarian of Congress, received an email announcing her dismissal. She talks about libraries as bastions of democracy, ...

We’re talking with Kelly about the IMLS executive order and fallout.    Kelly on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/heykellyjensen.bsky.social  Literary Activism Newsletter: https://bookriot.com/newsle...

We are a little over two months into the dismantling of the only federal agency dedicated to libraries, and the news has been coming at a pace no one could...

Tuesday's arguments over Montgomery County schools' story-time sessions included alarming questions about LGBTQ people.

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Already facing burnout and book bans, librarians face a ‘catastrophe’ for institutions deemed central to democracy

Lurie Children's Hospital said it would pause performing gender-affirming surgeries for patients under 19 in response to an executive order from President Donald Trump.

In his budget and State of the State Address, Gov. J.B. Pritzker invoked the rise of Nazi German in criticizing the Trump administration.

With negotiations on a new Chicago Teachers Union contract foundering, Mayor Brandon Johnson is pinning the blame solely on the man he had hoped to see ousted, Schools CEO Pedro Martinez.

CTU vice president Jackson Potter said the union is “very concerned” about Linda McMahon’s potential confirmation as she’s expected to carry out orders to essentially dismantle the Department of Educa...

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"We will not be Florida where churches are teaching Black history on the weekends," says CTU president Stacy Davis Gates.