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A win! Rapid City-based Pete Lien & Sons has formally withdrawn its graphite drilling project near Pe’Sla, a sacred meadow in the Black Hills where Sioux tribes hold ceremonies and prayer gatherings throughout the year. The company told the Forest Service it won’t be filing another plan.

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Libraries are essential to our communities. Please take the time to watch this film. You should know that the freedom to read is under enormous threat in our country.

THIS.

«Owls are just bird hardware running cat software» Original post

Join us by telling your House Rep to OPPOSE HR 7661. Censorship, greed and stupidity wrapped in one package that is slithering around the floor of the House.

The Washington Post Editorial Board was fine with Republicans gerrymandering in Texas. But when Democrats responded in Virginia, it’s a “power grab” that “plunges America deeper into the gerrymandering abyss.”

In 1969, Carrie Coleman Robinson, a Black school librarian in Alabama, brought a landmark case to the U.S. District Court against the state's Department of Education—one that reveals much about the Jim Crow South and librarianship in the civil rights era. #ALA150 Read more: https://bit.ly/4tPI0db

Once more unto the breach, dear friends…

Please contact your Senators for library and literacy funding,

I was taught NOT to bury the lede.

One of the biggest issues facing our democracy isn't polarization or partisanship - it's apathy. The antidote? Get involved locally. Read our partner Run for Something Civics new post: https://uniteagainstbookbans.org/on-national-run-for-office-day-consider-yourself-a-freedom-to-read-candidate/

NEW: ALA reaffirms our opposition to HR 7661, misguided federal book banning legislation in the House of Representatives. At a committee hearing on the bill today, @repbonamici.bsky.social read our statement emphasizing that "Parents, not politicians, should guide their children’s reading."

We need your support to do this!

New: ALA joined the Assoc. of Research Libraries to send a letter to Congress this week in opposition to the repeal of Section 230. Libraries of all types rely on Sec. 230 protection from lawsuits over patrons' online activity or use of digital library materials. More: www.ala.org/news/2026/03...

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NEW: Congress has begun preparation for next year's federal budget, and they need to hear from library advocates like you. The best way to show up #ForOurLibraries during the budget process? Take action. Tell your Representative to #FundLibraries in FY 2027: ala.org/showup

“If a man knows not which port he sails, no wind is favorable.” Seneca the Younger

ALA reiterates our strong support for proposed legislation in Congress to protect passport acceptance services at nonprofit libraries. As we said in a letter to Congressional committee leadership, thousands of Americans use these critical services. Our earlier statement: www.ala.org/news/2026/02...

See it. Act upon what you learn. “Of the people, by the people and for the people.”

If you are in the Austin area next month I’ll be around talking about voting rights at the LBJ Library! Put it on your calendars!

"Voter suppression is one of the core tools of authoritarianism. It is how you shift from democracy to autocracy. And for millions of Americans, it’s about to become the norm" www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...

Exciting news! 🎉 The inaugural Outstanding Comics Awards was announced today Each award has three categories: fiction, non-fiction, and series! 🧵 for press releases Browse the Awards winners and honorees on our site www.ala.org/gncrt/awards... #LibComix

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Libraries had a big day on Capitol Hill. First, thank you Rep Adelita Grijalva for meeting with ALA! We were proud to present her with a vintage Read poster featuring her father, library champion Rep Raúl Grijalva, pictured with her daughter. We couldn't think of a better way to welcome her to DC!

Library historian Wayne A. Wiegand writes about the first "Congress of Librarians" and the beginning of the American Library Association: https://bit.ly/4bvULDy. Originally published in @amlibraries.bsky.social. #ALA150 #ForOurLibraries

Tomorrow!! Saturday!

Join us for Coretta Scott King Book Award Literature Week 🗓️ Jan 19–23, 2026 Celebrate Black voices, stories, and literary excellence. 🔗 Register at bit.ly/csk-lit-week-26 #CSKLiteratureWeek #CSKBART #CorettaScottKing #BlackAuthors

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Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses.

Let’s talk about something not many people are chatting about and what’s actually happening right now. You might wonder why Imran Ahmed and the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) suddenly became targets of the U.S. government. The honest answer is that their research hit where it hurt.

“Much like libraries safeguard written knowledge, we safeguard the living traditions of oral storytelling.” - Tama Lunceford, interim president of the Storytelling Resource Place, a repository of books and materials related to storytelling performance. Read more: https://bit.ly/4p2QieF

The Opioid Crisis Never Ended. It Was Inherited by the Children. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Libraries in Alaska - and across the country - have had their federal funding reinstated by the Administration. We can't tell you how important this is: www.kyuk.org/alaska-state... Take action, tell Congress to #FundLibraries in next year's budget: app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-pag...

Whose Abortion Is It? www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

Have you nominated a librarian for the I Love My Librarian Award? There's only ONE WEEK LEFT! If your librarian has gone above and beyond, started a new program to fill a gap in the community, or stepped in to save the day, we want to know about it! Submit your nomination: https://bit.ly/3EMzHao

New: ALA and @aaslala.bsky.social welcome the reintroduction of the Right to Read Act by @reed.senate.gov and Rep. Adelita Grijalva! This legislation would help ensure that all students have access to a school library, staffed by a certified school librarian. More: www.ala.org/news/2025/12...

The 2026 finalists for the William C. Morris Award and Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award have been announced! Morris Award: https://bit.ly/4iGbxBn Excellence in Nonfiction Award: https://bit.ly/4oyoZIX YALSA will name the 2026 winners during the ALA Youth Media Awards on Jan. 26.

ALA is proud to join our partners @arl.org & @carl-abrc.bsky.social in signing the Statement on 4 Digital Rights for Memory Institutions Online, led by @archive.org. The principles are an essential roadmap to guide policies impacting libraries, archives, & museums: blog.archive.org/2025/12/03/a...

Library budgets across the country are under stress after cuts to federal funding and, increasingly, cuts to state funding. In Ohio, libraries and museums are reaching out to the community for support: www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/arts... Tell Congress to #FundLibraries: ala.org/fundlibraries

Join us TODAY at 4pm Eastern / 1pm Pacific! We can't wait to chat with our friends @interfaithalliance.org

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Listen to this brave man.

There was a shooting at the Austin Central Library today: www.kut.org/austin/2025-...

Hormel Foods is recalling nearly 4.9 million pounds of frozen boneless chicken products it sold to restaurants, cafeterias and other foodservice outlets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.