One in five students in Charlotte missed school last week after ICE began its crackdown in the city. The stories of the terror and trauma ICE is causing our kids are horrific. Schools must be ICE-free zones.
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History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes.
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Texas book-lovers and library supporters!
We need your help.
Make 1 phone call.
Send 2 emails.
The time to stop HB 3225 & SB 412 is now.
I was a first-gen, working-class Black student who took on student loans to get here.
This GOP budget would've slammed that door shut on me—and now it will for future generations.
We should be expanding access to college, not widening the achievement and racial wealth gap.
The list of books removed by the Naval Academy has been released.
These books were removed from a library that serves adults.
This is not a “culture war.” This is an infringement on our First Amendment rights.
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The global tariffs Trump announced this week include remote territories like Heard and McDonald Islands in the Indian Ocean that don't actually have human populations. Here's what to know about them.
This will have a huge impact on state libraries and museums. Yikes!!!—word is, RIP to the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Call Congress for our libraries. Show up for our libraries. American library association.
ALA is deeply concerned by reports that IMLS is sending notices to libraries claiming to cancel grants that are required by law. This harmful action will disrupt libraries' ability to serve their communities.
Tell Congress to protect library funding: bit.ly/CallCongressForLibraries
#ForOurLibraries
American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY
"There was no access to a toilet, so guards told the women – whose accounts in some cases occurred on different days or different buses – to urinate or defecate on the floor... "
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The author of this piece is an American photo journalist who has been embedded in El Salvador. Reading this piece is frightening and it should be. It's who we are in danger of becoming. time.com/7269604/el-s...
ALA response to White House assault on IMLS To dismiss the mission of an agency that advances opportunity and learning is to dismiss the aspirations and everyday needs of millions of Americans. And those who will feel that loss most keenly live in rural communities. As seedbeds of literacy and innovation, our nation’s 125,000 public, school, academic and special libraries deserve more, not less support. Libraries translate 0.003% of the federal budget into programs and services used by more than 1.2 billion people every year. Show Up for Our Libraries, ALA American Library Association, #ForOurLibraries
President Trump's executive order to eliminate the Institute of Museum & Library Services would have disastrous effects for communities nationwide. We call on all Americans who value reading & learning to reach out to their elected leaders.
Read ALA's full response: www.ala.org/news/2025/03...
With Texas lawmakers closing in on a private school voucher plan, one of the big lingering questions is how, and to what extent, the program will impact the state's tens of thousands of special education students. bit.ly/41vKZeh
“Everyone should be able to find something on the shelf that reflects their experience, their identity and their beliefs — and we’re seeing that attacked as a concept.”
— Deborah Caldwell-Stone, ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
#UniteAgainstBookBans
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The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times.
It's not rocket science - follow the money 👇
#DonTheCon
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
1/9 When news around the world seems grim, it was a delight when our team decided to do a story about “cozy games”. My journey from a non-gamer to illustrating/designing an entire cozy game provided a cathartic escape to a charming world.👇Here’s a glimpse of how it was made: reut.rs/4gcizuV
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"We believe in diversity, equity, and inclusion [DEI], and call on our associates, customers, and communities to hold us accountable to showing it every day."
The NAACP Black Consumer Advisory encourages consumers to 'buy-in' on companies that back their values.
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BREAKING: Major publishers, alongside the Authors Guide, bestselling authors, and others, have filed a lawsuit against Idaho's draconian book ban bill, claiming First and Fourteenth Amendment violations.
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Texas should not pass voucher Bill without properly funding public education first. Why do private school kids get 10K while public school students get 6K? Inequality starts at the Texas Legislature. Tell. your State Senator to Vote Nay on SB2. #PubEd #TxLege
Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government. apnews.com/article/jet-...
Coretta Scott King Book Awards Black History Month. February. National African American Read-In. Read a Coretta Scott King Round Table award-winning title each day of the month of February. Photo: A smiling Coretta Scott King holds the book, "My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr."
📚 Celebrate #BlackHistoryMonth with the Coretta Scott King Book Awards Round Table by joining the National African American Read-In!
Download free graphics to promote the event in your library community—including a reading tracker featuring award-winning titles. ➡️ ala.org/cskbart
