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We Read Banned Books – YouTube
by ACLU Video source: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/5FoA/aclu-every-book-featuring-judy-blume-and-jason-reynolds See Also: Playlist•7 videos•1,079 views We Read Banned Books – Description from YouTube… Since 2021, dozens of states have moved to introduce and pass classroom censorship bills that restrict students and teachers from discussing race, gender, and sexual orientation in public schools. At the same time, politicians and school boards…
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Explore Black literary NYC with this map of 100 important spots – Literary Hub
Explore Black literary NYC with this map of 100 important spots. By James Folta, February 10, 2026 This year is the 100th anniversary of Black History Month, and the bookstore McNally Jackson put together a list of 100 places in New York’s five boroughs that were significant for Black literary culture. It’s a pretty comprehensive…
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Books the DC Public Library recommends for Black History Month – WTOP News
Home » Washington, DC News » Books the DC Public… Books the DC Public Library recommends for Black History Month Mike Murillo | mmurillo@wtop.com February 9, 2026, 4:49 AM The DC Public Library’s book recommendations by Black authors Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on-air and online as we bring you…
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Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant Guidelines Take Political Turn Under Trump – ProPublica
Trump Administration Grant Guidelines for Libraries and Museums Take “Chilling” Political Turn Under Trump Former Institute of Museum and Library Services leaders from both political parties expressed concern that the new funding guidelines could encourage a more constrained or distorted view of American history. by Jaimie Seaton for ProPublica February 6, 2026, 10:30 am ProPublica…
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So much for abolishing the Department of Education
Search for: Big Government So Much for Abolishing the Department of Education The Department of Education is getting a bigger budget, less than a year after President Donald Trump ordered the department’s closure. Eric Boehm | 2.5.2026 3:30 PM On the campaign trail in 2024, Donald Trump repeatedly pledged to close the Department of Education…
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DrWeb’s Domain: A Washington Post Investigation: I’m Opening My Research Vault – NotebookLLM
I have been pondering the Washington Post recent changes, major changes, 1/3 of entire newsroom laid off (fired). February 4, 2026. I consider my further work as an open-source investigation. This isn’t raw AI speculation; it is a curated environment where the AI is constrained strictly to the high-integrity sources I have selected, specifically to…
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Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight – The New Yorker
The Daily Democracy Dies in Broad Daylight By David Remnick, February 8, 2026 You’re reading The New Yorker’s daily newsletter, a guide to our top stories, featuring exclusive insights from our writers and editors. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. It’s truly impossible to keep up, isn’t it? Last week—after the Wall Street…
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The Radical Power of a Bookstore: On Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights – Literary Hub
The Radical Power of a Bookstore: On Lawrence Ferlinghetti and City Lights Gioia Woods Reflects on the Life of a Literary Icon, Via The University of Nevada Press By Gioia Woods, February 6, 2026 I discovered City Lights Bookstore in 1983. I was a high school sophomore in east Los Angeles on a campus so…
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How America Built A Secret Appalachian City To Develop Atomic Weapons – West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Home » Stories » How America Built A Secret Appalachian City To Develop Atomic Weapons How America Built A Secret Appalachian City To Develop Atomic Weapons By Mason Adams, Published February 4, 2026 – 4:23 pm Listen, Share this Article This conversation originally aired in the Feb. 2, 2026 episode of Inside Appalachia. In the…
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Letters from an American – February 7, 2026 – Heather Cox Richardson
https://substack.com/session-attribution-frame Letters from an American, February 7, 2026 By Heather Cox Richardson, Feb 07, 2026 Yesterday two right-wing circuit judges signed off on the Trump administration’s new mass detention policy: the extraordinary assertion that vast numbers of noncitizens throughout the country can be arrested and held in detention centers without the right to release until…
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The Washington Post is gutting its books coverage – Literary Hub
The Washington Post is gutting its books coverage. By Brittany Allen, February 4, 2026 Earlier today, Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post laid off hundreds of its employees, in what one staffer called “an absolute bloodbath.” As The Guardian reported this morning, editor-in-chief Matt Murray told his masthead that the paper was due for a “strategic reset.”…
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The real reason why Jeff Bezos killed the Washington Post. – Slate
The Media Jeff Bezos Killed the Washington Post The billionaire wanted the Post to die, because a vigorous, well-resourced newspaper does not help his bottom line. By Alex Kirshner, Feb 05, 202611:07 AM Copy Link Share Comment Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to…
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