When access to information is restricted ... we lose one of the most important elements of our free society: the right to ...

East Side Freedom Library is hosting “a program explaining the history of “Watch Night,” a tradition that began on the last night of December, 1862, when many African Americans gathered in homes and ...

The works of George Orwell, Toni Morrison and Margaret Atwood have found a new home inside two Ohio prisons. The Ohio Women’s Reformatory and Southeastern Correctional Institution are bringing in ...

Libraries have long been a bastion of democracy. These grand spaces can embody the power of literature, architecture, community, and opportunity. Freedom Reads, an organization that supports people in ...

With plans underway to expand the Freedom Public Library, a support group is hard at work to supplement the funding. There are seven Friends groups that support the Marion County Public Library System ...

An independent library on St. Paul’s East Side will receive a $75,000 grant from the Otto Bremer Trust to help finance a staff position and fund other projects. The East Side Freedom Library, located ...

Located in St. Paul's most ethnically diverse neighborhood — and perhaps its most economically challenged — East Side Freedom Library combines the 26,000 books on its shelves, an extensive Hmong ...

Mayor Eric Adams, alongside the presidents of New York City’s three public library systems — Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, and Queens Public Library — joined forces with local ...