by Kelly Hayes | Mar 19, 2026 | AI, Authoritarianism, Book Bans, Fascism, Interview, LGBTQ books, libraries, political education, public goods, public institutions
“A lot of people in power view knowledge as dangerous,” says organizer Mariame Kaba. In this episode of Movement Memos, Kelly Hayes speaks with Kaba and organizers Alison Macrina and Katie Clark about why public libraries matter, not just as places to borrow books, but as vital public infrastructure. They discuss libraries as spaces where people can gather without spending money, learn together…
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by Chris Walker | Dec 19, 2025 | Book Bans, censorship, LGBTQ, LGBTQ books, News, North Carolina, Transgender, Transgender Rights
A board of commissioners in North Carolina decided earlier this month to dissolve the entire library board of trustees in response to that board refusing to remove a single book featuring a transgender child character from the shelves. The 3-2 decision by the Randolph County Board of Commissioners was based, in part, on the debunked concept of “social contagion” — the belief that children…
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