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Art exhibit at Brooklyn Public Library asks visitors to imagine a world without prisons

Alexandra Martinez
Art exhibit at Brooklyn Public Library asks visitors to imagine a world without prisons

Wikipedia as a cultural lifeline: How museums are using the free online encyclopedia to archive marginalized art

Alexandra Martinez
Wikipedia as a cultural lifeline: How museums are using the free online encyclopedia to archive marginalized art

More bounty laws offering cash for reporting trans people, abortions, and librarians expected in 2025

Sarah Prager
drag performer poses, with protesters carrying signs in support of trans rights in the background

NYC library budget cuts are impacting the most vulnerable 

Elly Belle
color photograph of a young woman in a hijab studying in a public library

Scholastic reverses course after outcry over segregating diverse books

Sarah Prager
Scholastic reverses course after outcry over segregating diverse books

Illinois has banned book bans, but activists say there’s more to be done to fight censorship

Noah Berlatsky
Illinois has banned book bans, but activists say there’s more to be done to fight censorship

Florida parents struggle with discriminatory policies in schools

Alexandra Martinez
Florida parents struggle with discriminatory policies in schools

Florida Public School teachers wary of a new school year with new restrictions

Alexandra Martinez
color photograph of several young people standing at an outdoor protest. in the center, a person holds up a white paper poste

Prism’s staff picks: our favorite pieces of the year

Prism Reports
Prism’s staff picks: our favorite pieces of the year

Book censorship surged in 2022. Activists say there’s more to come

Alexandra Martinez
color photograph of a young teenage girl wearing a black mask, white t-shirt, and backpack, looking through a school library

Libraries must stop pretending they can be neutral about human rights

Alex Brown
a student sits at a table in the background with a shelf of books blurred in the foreground. above and behind the student is

Puerto Rican librarians call for greater investment in library sciences and infrastructure to serve public needs

Mariela Santos-Muñiz
a stack of different colored notebooks in the foreground, with middle school students working at desks in a classroom in the