Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI)

 American Libraries;  11 Questions: Sarah Lamdan Meet the director of ALA’s Office for Intellectual Freedom " Earlier this year, Sarah ...

  SONO MOTOYAMA , Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ;  Little Queer Libraries offer banned books across the Pittsburgh region The Pittsburgh Equality ...

   Sadie Dittenber , The Tribune ;  Attempt to ban book at SLO County school library denied by board "The Lucia Mar school board reject...

  Geneva Abdul  and  Aamna Mohdin , The Guardian ;  ‘Straight out of Trumpland’: LGBTQ+ members fight for Pride after Essex library ban ...

  Maxine Joselow , The New York Times;  Judge Blocks National Parks From Removing ‘Negative’ Signs " A federal judge on Friday temporar...

  TESS VRBIN , Arkansas Advocate;  Federal court hears oral arguments in appeal of Arkansas’ library obscenity law "A federal appeals c...

Eric Peterson, The Utah Investigative Journalism Project , St. George News;  Book bans in Washington County School District may have flouted...

  Ben Casselman , The New York Times;  Forget Coders. The Real A.I. Threat Is in the Back Office. " If artificial intelligence disrupts...

  Jake Spring  , The Washington Post;  Park Service orders removal of ‘woke’ quotes at Boston’s Bunker Hill monument A visitor complaint pro...

 City of Boulder;  City of Boulder Releases Its First Tribal History Report " The City of Boulder is pleased to announce the release of...

  David Paulsen  , Episcopal News Service (ENS);  Episcopal Church plans celebration of 1976 LGBTQ+ resolution on ‘full and equal’ welcome ...

  AFSCME Staff , AFSCME;  American Library Association workers win their AFSCME union in overwhelming vote "Employees of the American L...

  Greg Jaffe  and  Kate Kelly , The New York Times;  Hegseth Strikes Female and Black Navy Officers From Promotion List " In a move tha...

  Kyle McClenagan , Houston Public Media ;  Ousted library director wins $475,000 settlement in discrimination lawsuit against Montgomery Co...

  Genevieve Smith , The Guardian;  Elon Musk and the US government fought an AI anti-discrimination law. The arguments don’t hold up  "...

Lisa Peet , Library Journal;  Movers & Shakers 2026 " LJ ’s Movers & Shakers awards turn 25 this year, a full quarter-century o...

  Anne Ford   , American Libraries;  A Seat at the Table: Reflections from eight ALA trailblazers " For 150 years, the American Library...

Matt Hollingsworth ,  WATE;  Alex Haley’s “Roots” to be removed from Knox County Schools libraries "Alex Haley’s book “Roots” is includ...

Bernard Mokam , The New York Times ;  They Were Promised New Septic Tanks. Trump Called It ‘Illegal DEI.’ The Justice Department ended a dea...

 PEN America;  Banned Nonfiction Books Double in Public Schools, Erasing Authentic Stories & Histories "In its latest report on boo...