| Sep 13, 2023 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBack to school! Bright-eyed youngsters are now back in our public classrooms, filled with questions about the world around them. Questions like: What happened to our school library? And where did our librarians go? Sadly, these wholly beneficial, caring educators are...
| Apr 19, 2023 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyGrowing up in Milwaukee, the local branch of the public library was always just a bus ride away. But when my family moved to central Pennsylvania when I was entering high school, we lived in a rural region that didn’t even have a public library. In the ‘90s, before...
| Apr 12, 2023 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThere’s no question that parenting has gotten harder in this country. Gun violence is now the leading killer of children in this country, a brutal fact made clearer with each new school shooting. Child care is out of reach for many parents, while the rising cost of...
| Sep 7, 2022 | Economy / BusinessIn the world of work, what two occupations might seem to have the very least in common? Consider long-haul truck drivers and school librarians — an odd pairing, yes. But the two have more in common than you might think. Start with truckers. The job is literally a...
| | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAcross the country, an ongoing education controversy has erupted around queerness. Republicans in Florida and other states have moved to eliminate any mention of queer people from public schools. Drag queen storytimes have been embraced by libraries but opposed by...
