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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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How to Protect Your Local Library From Book Ban Campaigns – Bloomberg
Library boards, school boards and legislatures are becoming battlegrounds in a push to censor books. Communities are fighting back. By Ariel Aberg-Riger, April 26, 2023 at 6:12 AM PDT National Library Week in the US comes amid a period of turmoil for libraries, as efforts to censor books intensify. Visual storyteller Ariel Aberg-Riger explores the…
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10 Things Retirement Communities Won’t Tell You | Next Avenue
From hidden fees to whether there’s a doctor in the house, do your research By Elizabeth O’Brien and MarketWatch (This article appeared previously on MarketWatch.com.) These are 10 things retirement communities won’t tell you. If you’re looking for one, be sure you know about them. 1. You’ll need a Ph.D. to tell us apart. Active-adult…
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The Villages is a retirement ‘paradise’ — so why is that a problem? – MarketWatch
More older adults realize that intergenerational connections are not just valuable for them but for their communities and country. By Paul Irving, Last Updated: Sept. 25, 2021 at 8:17 a.m. ET, First Published: Sept. 21, 2021 at 4:58 a.m. ET This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. The Villages, a master-planned retirement community in…
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‘Remember the Internet’: An Encyclopedia of Online Life – The Atlantic
How do we memorialize life online when it’s constantly disappearing? by Kaitlyn Tiffany, March 22, 2021 For many of us, for better or for worse, the internet is home. Our communities are here, because many of them could not exist any other way. Superfans, shitposters, amateur experts, wiki nerds, grizzled forum moderators, obsessive sneaker enthusiasts,…
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Library of Congress Builds New Collections Documenting COVID-19 Pandemic | Library of Congress
Collections Include Photographs of Community Impact, Web Archiving of Public Health Data and Artist Responses to the Health Crisis Press Contact: Brett Zongker, (202) 707-1639, bzongker@loc.gov As the world marks the one-year anniversary of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Library of Congress has been collecting materials and documenting this time in history through a variety…
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Raleigh, Charlotte ranked among the best cities in America to live | News & Observer
Raleigh and Charlotte are ranked among the top cities in the United States to live based on crime rate, demography, economy, education, environment, health, housing, infrastructure and leisure. Source: Raleigh, Charlotte ranked among the best cities in America to live | News & Observer
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How public libraries help build healthy communities | Brookings Institution
Marcela Cabello and Stuart Butler examine the important role libraries play in communities. “They say you can’t judge a book by its cover. Increasingly in the United States, you also can’t judge a library’s value to its community by simply its books. Let us explain.” Source: How public libraries help build healthy communities |…
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Arup | Publications | Future Libraries
Libraries are going through a renaissance, both in terms of the social infrastructure they provide and in terms of a diversification of the services and experiences offered. In corporate environments they are playing an increasingly important role in the provision of collaborate workspace and innovation. In communities they are evolving into hubs for education, health,…
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Libraries are changing international development.
This article is part of Future Tense, a collaboration among Arizona State University, New America, and Slate. On Thursday, Nov. 12, Future Tense will host an event in Washington, D.C., on the future of the library. For more information and to RSVP, visit the New America website. Discussions of the future of libraries are often…
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Finding Communities That Connect and Nurture the Like-Minded – NYTimes.com
Finding Communities That Connect and Nurture the Like-Minded – NYTimes.com.
