Library News
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Why Fascists Fear Free Speech
The Nation article examines escalating threats to press freedom under the Trump administration, focusing on FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s March 2026 warning that broadcasters risk license revocation if they air “fake news” or coverage contradicting MAGA doctrine regarding the Iran war. President Trump amplified the threat on Truth Social, declaring non-compliant networks should be “FIRED.”
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Python for All: A Library Workshop for Bridging AI Literacy and Coding Skills
Academic librarians Kristen L. Scotti and Lencia McKee designed an innovative workshop bridging artificial intelligence literacy and Python coding skills, teaching programming through generative AI chatbots. Published in College & Research Libraries, the study documents a workshop reaching 62 participants from diverse academic backgrounds. The program responds to growing cross-disciplinary demand for programming competencies, positioning
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Education Department Finalizes New Rule on Campus Free Speech
The Department of Education has finalized a controversial rule implementing a Trump executive order that ties federal research and education grants to campus free speech protections. Under the regulation, public institutions must comply with the First Amendment, while private institutions must adhere to their own stated free speech policies, as conditions for receiving funding. The
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Abbeville Institute – dedicated to exploring what is true and valuable in the Southern tradition
The history of southern culture is as important to the world as the history of many entire nations. Southern Culture represents a significant part of the American lifestyle we know and love today. However, many modern historians have tried to reduce the entirety of southern history to only slavery and treason. Our purpose at the
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HorrorBabble – original audiobooks of classic horror and fiction
HorrorBabble is a small, UK-based production company, dedicated to the production of audio horror in the form of audiobooks, dramatic readings, audio dramas and podcasts. They produce readings of classic works in the public domain, and, wherever possible, contemporary works. They are available across several platforms, including YouTube, Bandcamp, Audible, and Spotify. Since November 2015, they recorded 500+ audiobooks,
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Federal judge rules against restrictive Pentagon press policy
U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman on March 20 blocked a controversial Pentagon press policy that sought to severely restrict journalists’ access to information. The October 2025 policy, issued by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, would have barred news outlets from reporting information not officially sanctioned, deeming journalists who sought unofficial information “security risks” subject to credential
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast 三国演义
Episode 000 of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms Podcast serves as an introduction to one of China’s Four Great Classical Novels, covering the historical period from 184 to 280 AD spanning the collapse of the Han dynasty to the founding of the Jin dynasty. Host John Zhu explains his mission to make the epic
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Environmental Health Advances launches as newest ARC Alliance diamond-open-access journal
The Academic Research Community (ARC) Alliance has officially launched Environmental Health Advances (EHA), a new diamond open-access journal dedicated to environmental health sciences. The publication will focus on advancing knowledge about toxicant-induced disease while highlighting strategies to protect and improve human health. Led by a distinguished team of editors-in-chief from five major research institutions—Dana Dolinoy
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In Camps, Under Trees and Evicted: Farmworkers and People Living Close to the Line in Northern California
UC Davis Library hosts “In Camps, Under Trees and Evicted,” a traveling exhibition featuring 80+ photographs by labor photographer David Bacon. The collection documents 35 years of farmworkers and impoverished communities in Northern California—from labor camps and homeless encampments to organizing efforts like the 14-year Diamond Walnut strike. Bacon’s work highlights both the invisibility of
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FSU Libraries selects TIND Digital Archive to power next-generation digital library
Florida State University Libraries has announced plans to migrate its digital collections to TIND Digital Archive, marking a significant upgrade for the FSU Digital Library. The repository currently provides access to more than 125,000 cultural heritage items to faculty, students, and the research community. Managed by the University Libraries’ Special Collections & Archives (SCA), the
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The Founders, Libraries, and the Danger of Calling Knowledge “Government Speech”
The Freedom to Read Project article examines the rising legal argument that public library book curation constitutes “government speech”—a classification that would exempt such decisions from First Amendment scrutiny. This doctrine, being advanced in cases like Little v. Llano County (where 17 states supported treating library decisions as government expression), threatens to transform libraries from
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U.S. House of Representatives Report – The Foreign Censorship Threat, Part II: Europe’s Decade-Long Campaign to Censor the Global Internet and How It Harms American Speech in the United States
The House Judiciary Committee has released an interim staff report titled “The Foreign Censorship Threat, Part II,” alleging that the European Commission has conducted a comprehensive decade-long campaign to pressure major social media platforms into changing their global content moderation policies, thereby infringing on American free speech rights within the United States. Based on tens