In the midst of a wearying, years-long assault on the freedom to read, librarians and library supporters unofficially kicked off the 2023 American Library Association Annual Conference with a shot of ...

A LOT OF PEOPLE CONSIDER THE ISSUE MORE COMPLICATED THAN IT APPEARS. THEY SAY IT’S CLOSE TO A FINE LINE BETWEEN GUARDING AGAINST CENSORSHIP AND PROTECTING CHILDREN. I THINK IT’S A HARD BALANCE. UM, ...

University of Delaware commemorated Banned Books Week with conversations on access, representation and the power of choosing what to read Students listened intently while Petra Clark, a UD special ...

To state the obvious: this is a pivotal moment for our democracy. In November, voters will head to the polls and decide what direction we want to take the country in. There could hardly be a starker ...

Alexander Hamilton published political pamphlets. Benjamin Franklin did, too. So did Thomas Paine, Samuel Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and numerous other ...

Despite misconceptions and stereotypes – ranging from what librarians Gretchen Keer and Andrew Carlos have described as the “middle-aged, bun-wearing, comfortably shod, shushing librarian” to the ...

“Freedom is a core human value,” writes Joseph Stiglitz in his new book The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society. “But many of freedom’s advocates seldom ask what the idea really means.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...