Immigration was a deciding issue for a lot of voters in the 2024 election. We saw politicians use misinformation and partisan talking points to dehumanize immigrants and scare voters, but we know the facts. We can stand up to these extremists and counter their harmful...
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Watch This: Immigration, The American Fabric
The incoming Trump administration is doubling down on their campaign promises to curb immigration and conduct mass deportations, possibly even targeting naturalized citizens. Amidst the hateful rhetoric, it’s important to remember that, while Americans disagree on how...
Read This: Immigration, The American Fabric
Many extremists made immigration and the fear of immigrants a central issue in their 2024 election campaigns, and it worked. A lot of them got elected, including Donald Trump with his promise to conduct mass deportations. So let's talk about immigration. Who Are...
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Do This: Participate in Banned Books Week
Unite Against Book Bans, an initiative of the American Library Association (ALA), hosts Banned Books Week every year. This year’s Banned Books Week starts in just a few days and runs from October 4 to 10. More than 4,200 books were challenged in 2025, and we need to...
Watch This: How book banners are threatening librarians
If you were asked to list dangerous jobs in America, you might think of firefighters, power line workers, or maybe people in construction. But librarians? In a recent survey, U.S. library workers reported more than 8,200 traumatic incidents in their jobs, ranging from...
Read This: Book banners are coming for librarians
A federal judge just ruled that librarians can now be arrested and criminally charged in Arkansas for providing access to certain books. This is the latest phase in the nationwide book banning movement that our friends at PEN America have been tracking since 2021....
Do This: Look up data centers where you live
Data centers are popping up all over the country, but the majority of Americans don’t want them in our community. That’s because we know that data centers pollute our air, use up our water supply, and increase our electricity bills — all without adding anything to the...
Watch This: Living Next to a Data Center
There are more than 4,000 data centers in the U.S. That’s a lot, and the more we use the internet and AI, the more that number will grow. Still, many of us don’t know much about the impact of data centers if we haven’t personally experienced them in our own community....