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September 18, 2018
Want to Defend Democracy? Start With Your Public Library.
Public libraries are critical within the public sphere and, when fully supported, represent the best of government at work.
Katrina vanden Heuvel
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March 21, 2018
Letters From the April 16, 2018, Issue
Beyond #MeToo… A place to be… After Parkland… A scandal [web only]…
Our Readers
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February 23, 2018
Libraries Are a Space Where Everyone Belongs
No wonder the Trump administration is gunning for them.
Sue Halpern
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October 19, 2017
Letters From the November 6, 2017, Issue
Kneeling down, rising up… The wrong idol… False flag… Digital redistricting?… A worthy candidate… From the stacks…
Our Readers
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September 28, 2017
How Citizen Action Saved the New York Public Library
Grassroots activists thwarted a costly and destructive renovation scheme—but the NYPL still lacks effective governance.
Scott Sherman
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September 19, 2017
Frederick Wiseman’s World of Institutions
In his 42nd film, the documentarian examines the New York Public Library from both his Olympian and activist perspectives.
Stuart Klawans
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February 25, 2016
This Radical Librarian May Soon Run the World’s Largest Library
Dr. Carla Hayden will be the first woman and African American to fill the post—unless Senate Republicans stand in her way.
Zoë Carpenter
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July 2, 2015
Patience and Fortitude
Scott Sherman’s masterful history of the fight to save the NYPL.
John Palattella
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May 6, 2015
Librarians Versus the NSA
Your local library is on the front lines against government surveillance.
Zoë Carpenter
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May 14, 2014
The Battle of 42nd Street
The demise of the New York Public Library’s Central Library Plan is the end of a Bloomberg-era castle in the sky.
Scott Sherman