In his first book, “The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding”, journalist Osita Nwanevu ...

Upon the adoption of the Constitution of the United States in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked by a woman what kind of ...

Don’t we think there is too much hypocrisy in our democracy? In my opinion, as a former Pennsylvania health and safety inspector for licensed child care programs, our public-school administrations and ...

Nearly 100 Illinois high schools are part of an initiative to strengthen civics education. WNIJ’s Peter Medlin went to their ...

Letter writers address zebra born at York's Wild Kingdom, Rep. Read's Gaza blockade run, banned books, Trump and the military ...

When government instructs schools to evaluate and limit student access to books or schools, that’s what happens. Fair, transparent access to appropriate education should be a right for every child, ...

Plus, a new PEN America study, screenings of ‘The Librarians,’ the Books Unbanned program and a read-in are planned.

The Susan B. Anthony Museum exists for a very specific reason: to explore and share the legacy of a woman who was unrelenting ...

If you visit a library or bookstore over the next few days, you’re likely to see a display for Banned Books Week. You may be ...

Kim Scott, who lived and worked in Russia, on Silicon Valley’s silent complicity in the rise of authoritarianism.

In reviews, we read Amrita Mahale’s new novel, Ghazala Wahab’s biography of the Hindi heartland, and we talk to a former ...

“Fascists and autocrats fear what teachers do because they know their brand of greed, hierarchy, and extremism cannot survive in a democracy of diverse, educated citizens,” Weingarten writes, so the ...