OpenAI has thousands and thousands of contractors helping improve the company's AI models. Multiple contractors have been fired for using AI to train the AI.

Make a donation and support Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in communities around the world and help put more books into the hands of more children.

After Parton's death, parents of children who completed the program shared her letter to graduates included in their final book.

Transformers icon and voice actor Peter Cullen, who voiced Optimus Prime for over 40 years, has passed away at the age of 85.

Running against Moms for Liberty is a winning 2026 strategy

The Librarians follows librarians and citizens responding to restrictions on library content across the United States.

Local librarians are working to recoup money and find alternative suppliers to restock their shelves.

The CIA is ending the publication of its popular World Factbook reference manual. The agency announced the decision Wednesday but gave no reason for it.

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Unfair wages, chronic understaffing and hundreds of ULPs have led to a Starbucks Workers United super-majority vote to strike.

The positions were due to be phased out since 2018, when the library decided to no longer hire part-time librarians.

“We don’t want to be fighting for what we already agreed to,” said a Maryland public library worker.

The long-time library director had sued local government officials for her 2023 termination, alleging they violated her free speech rights by punishing her for refusing to move LGBTQ+ books.

A new report reveals that there have been nearly 23,000 school book bans over the past four years — and it's becoming normalized.

According to a new report from PEN America, public schools across the U.S. saw more than 6,800 book bans in the 2024-25 school year. A new documentary, “The Librarians,” examines the experiences of sc...

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Employees of Champaign Public Library said they plan to unionize with American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees.

From understanding the nuances of book censorship to building on-the-ground parental advocacy groups and more.

It's up to all of us to stay alert when book ban efforts come to our communities, and reporting censorship is critical.

What happened in libraries during Pride this year? A whole lot of quiet censorship that was anything but quiet.

These three titles feature tweens with parents navigating incarceration and detention in the United States.

Ohio House Republicans would require libraries remove LGBTQ+ books from sight of those under 18 while also slashing $100 in public library funding.

"There are only two opinions on this sign: Everyone is welcome here, or not everyone is welcome here,” argues Sarah Inama, a sixth-grade history teacher.

Graphic novels selling over 100,000 in bookstores, Dog Man, Amulet, Cat Kid, Wings Of Fire, Baby-Sitters Club, Five Nights At Freddy's & Smile

The 14 media specialists on the chopping block are among more than 90 positions that could be eliminated next year.

Plaintiffs claim that Idaho's HB 710, implemented last summer, violates First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.

The executive order saying the United States will only recognize two sexes will have a ripple effect that

New legislative proposals in Maryland and Minnesota aim to undermine the Anti-Book Ban Bills passed in those states just last year.

Here is this year's Rainbow Book List, highlighting the best LGBTQ+ youth literature as selected by librarians.

These are the best recent LGBTQ+ books for children, tweens, and teens according to librarians.

Shark Teeth by Sherri Winston and Black Girl You Are Atlas by Renée Watson are this year's winners in the younger readers and teen categories, respectively.

Progress toward a more racially diverse publishing workforce has been slow. Publishing leaders face political and economic changes that may make further progress harder.

There are varied paths to the profession. Find out how these librarians found their way to the library.

Censorship has swept the United States in the past two years. Here are five things you can do TODAY to fight book bans in your community and beyond.

Must-read work about the L.A. wildfires, what cultural institutions have survived and been lost to the fires, and where you can make donations. That, plus this week's book censorship news.

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